more senior

One U.S. intelligence official told The Daily Beast that Wuhayshi had designs on a more senior role in al Qaeda.

Older, more senior staffers could also retire or jump to the private sector rather than face a big financial penalty.

In fact, there is usually an inverse correlation: the more senior the professor, the less time they have for undergraduates.

Shortly after the wedding, Pershing was promoted to brigadier-general, overstepping 835 more senior officers.

That benefited more senior Jiang allies who are slated to retire in 2017 at the next party congress.