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 None of the workers are represented by a union and none have the right to displace another worker, even if the affected employee has seniority. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 28 July 2026 These June 30 rejections include supplemental health benefits, a night shift differential, geographic pay differential, a recruitment and retention proposal, seniority differential and overtime meal benefits, according to the complaint. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026 Organizations often pair people based on titles, departments, seniority or availability. — Kent Merrell, Forbes.com, 21 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 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
  • There are certain elements of this that aren’t slowing down, and that’s a privilege.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • If their creations are deemed visually appealing, the males win the ultimate prize — mating privileges.
    — Dina Cheney, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of privilege
Noun
  • His maturity level, from his high school program, his parents.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Culture, leadership continuity, transparency and operational maturity often have a greater impact on long-term outcomes than the financial terms themselves.
    — Amit Jain, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of maturity
Noun
  • Infantino attempted to frame his retreat as evidence of responsive leadership, arguing that unity must take precedence over division.
    — Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In many cities, the autonomy of drug users has taken precedence over nearly everything and everyone else, not least working-class families like Monsegur’s who must live alongside addicts and accept dystopian decay.
    — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 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
Noun
  • Critics, lay and professional alike, apprehend and describe what’s happening on the page, stage, screen, and beyond, and what artists and other unreachable beings make of that, if anything, is their divine prerogative.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2026
  • But my ultimate loyalty rests with the Constitution, which gives certain prerogatives to Congress.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 4 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
  • There’s no single best small backpack, but there are some excellent options out there to suit people with a range of styles and preferences.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Chelsea have now gobbled up 17 non-‘Big Six’ players in the past decade, something which speaks to both their rampant transfer activity and a seeming preference for young players already proven in England’s top division.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of preference

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