high-up

Example Sentences

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Blunt reprises her role as Emily Charlton, who is no longer an assistant at the magazine and now works as a high-up executive in luxury retail.

From BBC • May 1, 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

And since there really isn’t any other comparable search engine, advertisers really need Google to place them in a high-up position, within the first page or two of search results.

From Slate • Sep. 24, 2023

Their entire scheme was later revealed by Mark Tinsley, the Beach family's civil attorney, who found that the Murdaughs were close acquaintances with several high-up officials working on the investigation.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2023

But I wouldn’t know where exactly to run, only toward the mountain Imbabura, whose peak I’ve glimpsed through the high-up windows.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau