highest-ranking
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These documents were intended for the preparation of a regular meeting of senior German intelligence and security officials in the chancellery—one of the country’s highest-ranking and most closely guarded intelligence and security gatherings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Government officials say Alsheikh is the highest-ranking former member of the Assad regime to be tried and convicted in person outside Syria.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
During his tenure, a former vice governor of eastern Jiangxi province was executed for taking bribes, the highest-ranking official to be put to death for such charges in five decades.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Most notably, he fired General Charles Q. Brown, the military’s highest-ranking Black officer.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Secrecy was so critical, only the highest-ranking officers knew where the men were being sent.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
