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Recent Examples of higher-up
Or could a relationship with a higher-up lead to mentorship and professional growth?
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Emily Nix, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
The tray also has a second, higher-up row of cutouts to match the bottom edge of MicroATX reverse-connector boards.
—PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
Louie is summoned to the apartment of Joe Black, a higher-up gangster played by John Malkovich with a manner so quizzical yet threatening that his voice just about quivers with unexpressed rage.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Emily Nix, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
The tray also has a second, higher-up row of cutouts to match the bottom edge of MicroATX reverse-connector boards.
—PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
Louie is summoned to the apartment of Joe Black, a higher-up gangster played by John Malkovich with a manner so quizzical yet threatening that his voice just about quivers with unexpressed rage.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher-up
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On update calls, Andy Sriubas, a former advertising executive put in charge of the field offices, seemed unable to answer specific questions.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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Corporate executives often ask themselves how to participate in the benefits of deep tech innovation – but without trying to create this innovation based on just a few risky internal projects.—
Anis Uzzaman,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Menin has supported Wilson, Bottcher’s former chief of staff, who had his ex-boss’s blessing in the race.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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On behalf of everyone at Disney, on behalf of [new CEO] Josh [D’Amaro] and [Disney Entertainment, Studios, chairman] Alan Bergman and [FX boss] John Landgraf and Debra OConnell, our new head of Disney Entertainment Television.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
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So McCarthy slid into the DMs (direct messages) of Artemis 2 commander and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
9 May 2026
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Christopher Cann Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said in a public address that a strike on the Lebanese capital of Beirut killed a high-ranking Hezbollah commander.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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The strike began in February, weeks before the WGA was set to enter negotiations with the major studios, with the workers accusing their employer of bargaining in bad faith.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
9 May 2026
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For now, Trump accounts will likely become a ubiquitous workplace benefit, just like 401k accounts, with employers matching employees’ contributions, Cruz said.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
9 May 2026
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Going underground Mark Thomson, CERN director general, revealed that CERN is supplying prototype detectors and giant cryostats for DUNE, while in parallel, US labs are providing superconducting magnets for the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
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One was a retired Air Force general, two others were not scientists but had worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and another had a security clearance but worked elsewhere.—
Faye Flam,
Scientific American,
7 May 2026
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Rishabh Desai has been with the Clippers since 2016 and is now the executive director of basketball operations.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Sentiment was hurt by the rising price of gas caused by the war, according to survey director Joanne Hsu.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
10 May 2026
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The 1984 rodeo made a profit of $23,000, but administrators cited additional and prohibitive costs as the reason for discontinuing future rodeos.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 May 2026
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Woodbury city administrator Jeffrey Dahl said the city has a booming health care and retail industry, and the new Amazon facility is another asset to the city that will encourage resilience and business and career diversity.—
Talia McWright,
Twin Cities,
9 May 2026
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The vandalism occurred just hours before community members were set to begin celebrating the holiday of Lag BaOmer, which kicks off at sunset Monday, Abraham Pinkhasov, a supervisor at Queens Shmira, told the Daily News.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
4 May 2026
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More supervisors means more salaries, more staff, more overhead, and at a time when the County is already asking taxpayers for more.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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“Higher-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher-up. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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