seniority

noun

Definition of senioritynext
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as in senility

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as in privilege

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Recent Examples of seniority With the promoter model, influence is spread across three people—technology, process, and power promoters—who may be in different departments, at different levels of seniority, and who might never share a reporting line. — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2026 There is a procedure for those laid off based on seniority and their category of employment. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026 Age and seniority have become pressing topics in Congress, hitting a fever pitch in 2024 after a groundswell of calls from Democrats for Joe Biden to drop out of the race. — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2026 Larson locked in, spending more than $2 million against Bronin and arguing that the state needed his seniority. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for seniority
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seniority
  1. senility
  2. privilege
  3. maturity
  4. precedence
  5. dotage
  6. prerogative
  7. oldness
  8. preference
Noun
  • Trump has boosted a conspiracy theory that Biden’s administration used the autopen without his knowledge to cover up his alleged senility.
    — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • Then the interview happens, and Thomas is swinging between lucidity and senility, and a million things about their relationship come up, and the fiction records the interview the phone couldn’t capture.
    — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Definition of senility
Noun
  • In a variation on her character from Parasite, Cho deftly underplays Yi-je’s insensitivity as another woman projecting a blithe lack of awareness of her privilege.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Cho herself prepared by consulting the late master of the form, Frederick Wiseman, who was unabashed about the tension between documentary filmaking’s often radical politics and the privilege required to turn it into a profession.
    — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of privilege
Noun
  • These data points help illustrate the brand’s risk tolerance, growth strategy, system maturity and unit retention outlook.
    — Angelo Chavez, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • That experience helped shape Antares’ thinking around reliability and manufacturing maturity.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of maturity
Noun
  • The result is an intimate retreat where thoughtful design and human connection take precedence over a conventional hotel setting, and where luxury is defined by atmosphere rather than excess.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Early in September, everything from finishing tasks to tying up loose ends takes precedence.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of precedence
Noun
  • Far from being a sign of dotage, scientists concurred, music practice in old age confers all kinds of cognitive benefits.
    — Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
  • In his basketball dotage, Kyle Lowry is getting soft.
    — Eric Koreen, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Definition of dotage
Noun
  • The evening was beautiful, strange, and so far removed from the prerogatives of retail as to suggest that its entire purpose was not to have one.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • These appointments are not a pure presidential prerogative, just as the Justice Department itself is not intended to be an arm of the White House.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of prerogative
Noun
  • Then there were some streaks of about three hundred people identifying the advent of oldness to the early, mid, and late sixties.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Definition of oldness
Noun
  • Unlike conventional site-selection methods that mainly assess technical factors, the new approach also considers zoning rules, historical sites, architectural value, local economic priorities, and community preferences.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
  • In fact, servers in the restaurants remembered guest names and personal preferences, an impressive feat.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of preference

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