Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher-ups
Noun
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The risk when one person holds the top job for decades is that talented executives who aspire to be CEO get frustrated and leave.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
6 Mar. 2026 -
Resolving the union issue has been a snag in every previous discussion to combine CBS News and CNN over the years, according to several former executives at both outlets.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Connecticut Education Association President Kate Dias said that might help explain why the state’s teachers’ unions are strongly in favor of a statewide bell-to-bell ban, while administrators and boards of education are mixed, if not against.—
Theo Peck-Suzuki,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2026
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The White House on Friday hosted a college sports roundtable with conference commissioners, university administrators and media stakeholders, but didn’t include athletes.—
Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The man asks for a cigar and the jail superintendent doesn’t need to ask for his superiors’ permission.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
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Around this time, a young Israeli national-security official reached the same conclusion and began urging his superiors to organize an internal coup against Assad.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Our commanders are aware of everything.—
Major Garrett,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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The ranks of graduates from those campuses includes a host of current and retired commanders.—
Collin Binkley,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Social Security is financed by a payroll tax paid for by employers and employees.—
Asher Notheis,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Mar. 2026
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While the house itself offers privacy and quiet, its location places it within easy reach of some of the region’s largest employers, including UConn Health, Hartford HealthCare, and Pratt & Whitney.—
Miriam Schwartz,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Both of Steppenwolf’s artistic directors, Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis, will also appear on stage in the five-show subscription season.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2026
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The board is headed by Tuttle alongside fellow directors Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung and Matthias Pees and Managing Director Charlotte Sieben, with German Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer acting as its chair.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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One fateful day when the newsroom was short-staffed, bosses asked the green college student to step in.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
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They were frustrated when the bosses announced Guthrie would be coming back, but at an unknown date.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Higher-ups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher-ups. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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