lieutenant colonel
noun
: a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a major and below a colonel
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He was promoted to lieutenant colonel and spearheaded the development of computer codes for simulating nuclear explosions at the Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (INER), a national laboratory that covertly advanced weapons development under civilian pretenses.
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Eric Cheung, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii and lieutenant colonel in the National Guard, was approved by a 52-48 vote.
—Alexx Altman-Devilbiss, Baltimore Sun, 12 Feb. 2025
Concerned that six-year-old Frank would feel like an outcast in overwhelmingly white Luxembourg, Perle finessed the paperwork on behalf of Army lieutenant colonel Bert Cumby and his wife.
—CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
The Defense Ministry retracted the files and later sent the police a revised version, which named only two of the original eight suspects, both of whom were lower-ranking lieutenant colonels.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Eric Cheung, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii and lieutenant colonel in the National Guard, was approved by a 52-48 vote.
—Alexx Altman-Devilbiss, Baltimore Sun, 12 Feb. 2025
Concerned that six-year-old Frank would feel like an outcast in overwhelmingly white Luxembourg, Perle finessed the paperwork on behalf of Army lieutenant colonel Bert Cumby and his wife.
—CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
The Defense Ministry retracted the files and later sent the police a revised version, which named only two of the original eight suspects, both of whom were lower-ranking lieutenant colonels.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Lieutenant colonel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lieutenant%20colonel. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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