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Recent Examples of high command
Oscar winners Russell Crowe and Rami Malek are engaging in a psychological game of chess in writer-director James Vanderbilt‘s historical drama Nuremberg that chronicles the efforts to bring the Nazi high command to justice after World War II in the Nuremberg Trials.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Yet Xi probably sees such suffering among the high command as having a salutary effect.
—Jonathan A. Czin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2025
The shock of the atomic bombs was the critical factor in breaking the deadlock among the Japanese high command.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2025
Yet just three years later, most of the Nazi high command would be in the dock at Nuremberg, charged with the most outrageous crimes of the century.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Yet Xi probably sees such suffering among the high command as having a salutary effect.
—Jonathan A. Czin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2025
The shock of the atomic bombs was the critical factor in breaking the deadlock among the Japanese high command.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2025
Yet just three years later, most of the Nazi high command would be in the dock at Nuremberg, charged with the most outrageous crimes of the century.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high command
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It’ll be deployed to Google DeepMind and Hyundai’s Robotics Metaplant Applications center in the coming months, and additional customers will adopt it in early 2027.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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This path begins with choosing leaders who will put principle over politics and ideology, with a promise to focus on the middle class as the center of every policy.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The incident's central command constantly receives progress reports from firefighters on the ground.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Despite these measures, investigators acknowledge that Brazil’s penitentiaries remain the backbone of command and communication for its largest criminal organizations — a paradox that the state struggles to contain.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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During their initial investigation, police found that two men approached the home's front door.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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These are the 2025 Bears, carrying their magic act into 2026 and starting their playoff story like this, with this kind of wild rally in front of a delirious and deserving home crowd.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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And keep your in-flight essentials like headphones, sleep mask, e-reader, and other tech tools together in your personal item that stays with you at the seat rather than in the overhead bin.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2026
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The video shows a man call security on a group of women sitting behind him in orchestra seats at the Winter Garden Theatre.—
Kristie Keleshian,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Though Andrea was found guilty of capital murder in 2002, her conviction was reversed.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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And investments are only expected to grow, with Goldman Sachs reporting that AI companies are estimated to invest more than $500 billion in capital expenditures this year.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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“High command.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20command. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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