of higher rank
Example Sentences
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Crew are usually expected to raise complaints with a person of higher rank, but Leah says there was no-one above the captain.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2023
A tall, blonde soldier with a beard who appeared to be of higher rank stepped out of the Russian-made SUV, demanding to know why they’d broken curfew.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Mass. Sergeant Rosario was commended by her unit in May for excellence in a supply chief job usually given to someone of higher rank.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2021
He said he gave Mr. Short the opportunity to resign and that somebody of higher rank in the White House directed him to do so.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 26, 2017
As the commander of the district did not care to have an officer there of higher rank, the subject was discontinued.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by James Longstreet
