senior
Example Sentences
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The role is the most senior position in the Army, and office holders usually serve a four year term.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
College senior Benjamin Brundage helped uncover the Kimwolf botnet, which exploited a vulnerability in Ipidea’s software to launch over 26,000 cyberattacks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Prior to that, LaNeve was a senior military assistant to Hegseth, a role he had been in since April 2025.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
The senior administration official charged that "foreign countries were artificially manipulating" prices of imported metals in order to pay a lower tariff.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
Going up the stairs were pictures of Mom from each grade, frozen in time, from kindergartner with a huge bow on her head to a graduating senior.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.