top brass

noun

informal

: the people in the highest positions in an organization (such as the military or a business)

Navy top brass met earlier today.

—often used with the

The (company) top brass have/has decided that no action is necessary.

Examples of top brass in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Venezuela's top brass pledged allegiance to Maduro, but there is likely to be burgeoning concern in the military ranks about the impact of Western sanctions and embargos, weapons pipelines and maintenance issues, Solar said. —Ellie Cook john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025

There was no emphasis for the top brass to work on her music, so her music was shelved. —Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025

The first will be a more traditional military review, with the second a march-past of the nation’s top brass. —Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025

Cerebras is well positioned for whatever the company wants to do next, including going public, where top brass filed for an IPO in September 2024, with the intended Nasdaq ticker CBRS. —John Werner, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for top brass

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