highest-ranking
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Vance is now the highest-ranking official in US President Donald Trump's to comment.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Gen. Maurice Rose, the highest-ranking Jewish officer in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
In the emailed document, titled by the writer as an “Apology and Explanation,” Allen allegedly wrote that Trump administration officials would be “prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest” in terms of how he targeted them.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
A grand ayatollah and source of emulation is among a select few of the highest-ranking clerics.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026
He paid close attention to coverage of Hwang Jang Yop, a principal architect of North Korea’s ideology and the highest-ranking official ever to defect.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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