Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher-ups
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These are typically ultra-high-net-worth buyers — entrepreneurs, senior executives and company founders — seeking privacy, an exceptional year-round lifestyle and long-term value in a welcoming community with limited supply and global appeal.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026 -
Many bank executives, including JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon , have expressed concerns about this plan.—
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CNBC,
23 Jan. 2026
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School administrators emphasized that the reopening represents months of coordination across agencies, contractors, educators, and local leaders to ensure the campus is safe, operational and ready to welcome students home.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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For decades, legislative leaders called upon both senior administrators to train new staff, new legislators and lobbyists, a job for which Keane was perfect.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
26 Jan. 2026
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The most likely outcome of such a meeting is that I would have been called in to explain myself to my superiors.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2026
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Speaking of the Robby ethos, all three of our med students should be looking to our quiet king Whitaker for how to not just impress their superiors but, like, be a good doctor.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2026
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Iran launched multiple waves of missile and drone attacks at Israeli targets during that conflict, which started after Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran last year, killing several top military commanders and nuclear scientists.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
26 Jan. 2026
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Tuesday, during a status hearing in the ongoing consent decree, Snelling said the department’s 22 district commanders will soon face heightened scrutiny for officer misconduct allegations and the subsequent investigations into those claims.—
Sam Charles,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2026
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Under federal rules, employers can take up to 15% of your disposable income.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Jan. 2026
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While layoffs and unemployment remain low at the start of this year, jobseekers face an uphill battle as AI eliminates entry-level roles and employers added just 50,000 jobs in December.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
12 Jan. 2026
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There are 20 branches of the Academy, each representing a different discipline within filmmaking, including actors, directors, writers, producers and editors.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
22 Jan. 2026
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When Brooks’ collaborators aren’t available to be interviewed, the directors have a solid repository of archival interviews with Gene Wilder and Blazing Saddles co-writer Richard Pryor.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Jan. 2026
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There is so much energy in Falk’s writing that the reader can feel tensions in the city as officials, some working secretly with the bosses, try to stop the cigar factory women from organizing, call them Communists and demean them for being Polish.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
11 Jan. 2026
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This is a very special week to pitch ideas to bosses or powerful figures.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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The board of supervisors voted in April 2025 to essentially defund the joint city-county LAHSA and instead form its own department.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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There was also a 13% decline in the number of homicides in 2025, according to data shared at the news conference, where police supervisors and Patterson presented CMPD’s annual end-of-year crime stats report and answered questions from reporters.—
Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Jan. 2026
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