superiors

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They would funnel information and boil down data to pithy takeaways for their superiors.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

She said the "extremely hierarchical" nature of medicine made it hard for junior staff to question their superiors.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Based on their own investigation, Brown’s team submitted an affidavit to their superiors at DOJ that did not make a strong enough case to move forward with what Olsen wanted.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

That plan includes implementing its so-called mosaic defense, a decentralized approach that allows individual commanders the autonomy to keep up the fight if cut off from their superiors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Any Japanese defeat was too embarrassing for the military leaders to admit to their immediate superiors, much less to their divine emperor.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac