of higher rank
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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
Finally, a man Chernysh thought was of higher rank came over, examined his phone and told the soldiers to take Chernysh home.
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
Coeducation, she says, is not so dangerous to the working classes as to those of higher rank.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various
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