higher-up
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As soon as he started at his current job, his manager told him to “always assume I have your back,” a statement he had never heard before from a higher-up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
“This alleged incident didn’t come up,” an unnamed higher-up in the transition team told Vanity Fair.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2024
"Another participant exhibited more symmetric use but also compensated with their less-affected side slightly more often for higher-up points that were close to the mid-line."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2023
If a higher-up criticized a story she handled, she took full blame.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
He was recruited to do this job, not by Kyril Montana, but rather by some other higher-up undercover police functionaries who had decided Montana’s approach to the whole affair was much too conservative.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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