high-up
noun
British
: a person in an organization or government who has a lot of power and authority
Examples of high-up in a Sentence
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The phrase is commonly used to denote a person with high-up connections that can make a difficult situation easy.
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Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
It’s flanked by swing-arm sconces and walnut Burrow Index stools that act as minimalist nightstands day-to-day, but can also be used as extra seating for guests and to reach high-up storage.
—Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 5 Dec. 2024
Swift and her dancers are literally playing chess at one point, unbeknown to anyone in the audience except maybe the most attentive — and high-up — attendees.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
This dangerous new campaign has managed to inflate search signals for new, malicious sites, tricking users into clicking high-up search results for common keywords.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
This versatile machine can transform into a handheld vacuum cleaner to clean above-floor messes, so reaching into the crevices of couch cushions and high-up cobwebs is effortless.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
And how, pray tell, are those high-up chandeliers being set aflame?
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 5 July 2024
The mission is meant to study how the eclipse might disturb the ionosphere, the high-up region of Earth’s atmosphere that produces the planet’s magnetic field.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
In the opening scene, a coffin holding the body of a deceased Muslim woman has to be strenuously carried from a high-up unit in this apartment complex down several flights of dark stairs by her male neighbors.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
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Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
It’s flanked by swing-arm sconces and walnut Burrow Index stools that act as minimalist nightstands day-to-day, but can also be used as extra seating for guests and to reach high-up storage.
—Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 5 Dec. 2024
Swift and her dancers are literally playing chess at one point, unbeknown to anyone in the audience except maybe the most attentive — and high-up — attendees.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
This dangerous new campaign has managed to inflate search signals for new, malicious sites, tricking users into clicking high-up search results for common keywords.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
This versatile machine can transform into a handheld vacuum cleaner to clean above-floor messes, so reaching into the crevices of couch cushions and high-up cobwebs is effortless.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
And how, pray tell, are those high-up chandeliers being set aflame?
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 5 July 2024
The mission is meant to study how the eclipse might disturb the ionosphere, the high-up region of Earth’s atmosphere that produces the planet’s magnetic field.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
In the opening scene, a coffin holding the body of a deceased Muslim woman has to be strenuously carried from a high-up unit in this apartment complex down several flights of dark stairs by her male neighbors.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
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“High-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-up. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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