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 theThe (company) top brass have/has decided that no action is necessary.
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The junior officers supervising day-to-day training helped build this program from the ground up two years ago, given only general instructions from top brass.
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Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2024
The Arizona Democratic Party’s top brass unanimously support Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee, the group said Monday.
—Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 22 July 2024
Listen to this article The video begins over ominous music in an NYPD command center with top brass mulling over surveillance video of a man waving a Palestinian flag and ends with police officials talking tough about their crackdown on protesters at Columbia University Tuesday night.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 4 May 2024
Venezuela’s army, one of the country’s key power centers, is firmly in Maduro’s hands, not out of love for the dictator but rather because the arrangement is good for the top brass.
—Daniel Depetris, Twin Cities, 1 Aug. 2024
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Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2024
The Arizona Democratic Party’s top brass unanimously support Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee, the group said Monday.
—Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 22 July 2024
Listen to this article The video begins over ominous music in an NYPD command center with top brass mulling over surveillance video of a man waving a Palestinian flag and ends with police officials talking tough about their crackdown on protesters at Columbia University Tuesday night.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 4 May 2024
Venezuela’s army, one of the country’s key power centers, is firmly in Maduro’s hands, not out of love for the dictator but rather because the arrangement is good for the top brass.
—Daniel Depetris, Twin Cities, 1 Aug. 2024
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“Top brass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top%20brass. Accessed 22 Sep. 2024.
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