high rank
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Given his high rank in the White House detail's leadership, Nauta was among the Navy officials briefed on the complaint, the source said, but the response did not name Nauta.
From Salon • Feb. 2, 2024
Begum refers to a Muslim woman of high rank.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2023
The four non-electors, who will not be allowed to enter a conclave because they are over the age of 80, are being elevated to the high rank because of their long service to the Church.
From Reuters • Oct. 25, 2020
The evidence suggests he was for the most part celibate, and in 1529 he had held high rank in the short-lived republican government of Florence, which was ardently anti-sodomite.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2018
On these occasions, the regent was surrounded by his amapbakathi, a group of councilors of high rank who functioned as the regent’s parliament and judiciary.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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