high-up
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They let go of a pretty high-up manager who they only hired a month ago.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
Raising their beds off the ground can keep older dogs away from draughts, while cats may like playing or resting in high-up dens or on climbing posts.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
Even then, the only sound was the rustle of breathing, of bodies shifting and of the high-up buzz of surveillance helicopters.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
Misguided, opinionated labor is dead weight; the high-up leaders know best, which is why they’ve earned the positions they have to begin with.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2023
Throwing back and forth, and the sound of cicadas and bees and high-up birds and the leather smell of our gloves and the ball smacking into them.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
“Our agency officials, the high-ups — they had no clue.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025
Later Randon would testify that she advised Salter not to cooperate with Whitlock's effort to correct the record until she had talked to high-ups.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2020
In short, the high-ups wanted to take a look at weird shit.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 15, 2019
"We took the dead body straight to the town square where we staged a sit-in for seven hours, and left only after the district administration high-ups assured us that justice would be done."
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2017
The high-ups in the underworld hang out there, and I pick up occasional bits of news.
From Man of Many Minds by E. Everett (Edward Everett) Evans
