high-ranking
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High-ranking members of the Police Department have acknowledged that the agency is often below recommended staffing levels, driven by a personnel shortage that has affected large agencies across the country.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
"High-ranking former HTS members now occupy key sovereign positions," says Mr Sayed.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025
High-ranking government officials are granted immunity and protection from the violence.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2024
High-ranking delegations from both sides last week agreed to a "common vision for peace" that sought to address key obstacles, which was revealed by Norway's foreign ministry on Tuesday.
From Reuters • Nov. 28, 2023
High-ranking clergymen experimented with the dangerous ideas of the void and the infinite, even though the ideas struck at the core of the ancient Greek philosophy that the church cherished so much.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
