higher-up
Example Sentences
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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
But he said the man insisted Dunlap see the “bossman” and left him in the glass room for about five minutes as he went to get a higher-up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 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
After a commercial for gum and another for laundry soap, MacGyver comes back on and makes a plan with all the villagers to defeat the higher-up bad guys.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
