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 Decisions are announced from the bench by order of seniority of the author, with Roberts going last. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2026 After the assemblies, longtime Colorado Democratic strategist Mike Dino told CBS Colorado that DeGette's name recognition and congressional seniority were significant advantages in the race, but that her poor showing caught him off guard. — Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 1 July 2026 The chief justice speaks first, followed by the rest of the court in order of seniority. — The Conversation, 24 June 2026 New York is best served by having members with seniority. — Bradley Tusk, New York Daily News, 20 June 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
  • An efficient steward initially stopped his progress to the sound of loud boos from the 5,289 spectators who had paid $A15 (£8; $10) for the privilege to attend.
    — Simon Johnson, New York Times, 26 July 2026
  • Konkol, Babu said, sees working at Valpo as a privilege and is very sincere.
    — Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
Definition of privilege
Noun
  • The demonstrator will evaluate power distribution, energy conversion, thermal management and system reliability under realistic operating conditions, helping accelerate the maturity of hybrid-electric aviation technologies.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 July 2026
  • Typically corporate bonds are quoted by the difference above a Treasury security of similar maturity.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 26 July 2026
Definition of maturity
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  • Your goals and values take precedence, pushing you to craft your aspirations into existence through hard work.
    — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 16 July 2026
  • Jack is an important part of Hollis’s life now, but not the primary source of her happiness; her cooking community, her friendships with Tatum, Dru, and Brooke, and her relationship with Caroline take precedence.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 July 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
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  • Presidential prerogative, the ends justifying the means, Gianni being Gianni.
    — Matt Slater, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • And fair enough—call it a woman’s prerogative to strike her men from the record.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 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
  • The strongest systems will likely recommend thoughtfully, confirm preferences and give travelers control rather than making assumptions.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • The Fed chairman devoted a fair amount of time to discussing his preference for markets to trade on economic data, as opposed to Fed policy.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 29 July 2026
Definition of preference

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