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higher-ups

noun

plural of higher-up
as in executives

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher-ups
  1. executives
  2. administrators
  3. superiors
  4. commanders
  5. employers
  6. directors
  7. generals
  8. bosses
Noun
  • If he was being shunned by many coaches and executives who either opposed his form of dissent or feared fan backlash, or both, John Harbaugh wasn’t one of them.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • An incumbent senator, a former senator and several ex-government engineers and public works officials as well as wealthy construction executives have been detained while facing trial on corruption charges.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of executives
Noun
  • Dinnall said that closing schools will allow administrators to work on backup plans for nonessential technology tools, which include attendance reporting.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • In state and local election offices, administrators are talking about the need to proactively educate the public about how prediction markets odds are not the same thing as a polls or vote counts.
    — Marc Levy, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of administrators
Noun
  • About Premium Content has Country Spy, a light crime series about Marie-Line Maupain, a spy for the French secret service who is abruptly frozen out by her superiors and sent back to her home town.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026
  • If both parties are PLA members, superiors must step in to mediate the relationship breakdown, and the couple can only get a civil divorce with the military’s approval, which can result in a longer process.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of superiors
Noun
  • Lukas was escorting commanders from Barksdale Air Force Base.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The aircraft’s multi-role design also gives commanders greater flexibility in employing it for different missions rather than limiting it to the traditional air-superiority role associated with earlier Eagle variants.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of commanders
Noun
  • During President Joe Biden’s four years in office, employers added an average of nearly 329,000 jobs a month.
    — Melissa Goldin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Here's what a room full of employers had to say about ways to tackle the childcare shortage.
    — Marissa Meaor, IndyStar, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of employers
Noun
  • Nicole Bell Head of Canada, YouTube Bell wasn’t surprised by the breakout box office for the YouTube-to-multiplex directors of Backrooms (Kane Parsons) and Obsession (Curry Barker).
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Since the attack, the defense minister, the military chief of staff, and the directors of military intelligence, the Mossad and the Shin Bet, have all either resigned, been ousted, or reached the end of their terms.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of directors
Noun
  • Would an army with excellent captains and mediocre generals be better than one with a brilliant general and crummy captains?
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2026
Definition of generals
Noun
  • The budget at Liverpool has historically been less-easily loosened than at some of their rival clubs, though Hughes succeeded in persuading his bosses to break their transfer record to go big for Wirtz, Isak and Barcola.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Vanhée ended the night dancing alongside her bosses to a Fatboy Slim set in the pub.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of bosses
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