How to Use seniority in a Sentence

seniority

noun

• He has worked here longer than I have, so he has seniority over me.
• Promotions are based on merit and seniority.
• He was known as the dean of the House for his seniority.
  — Fox News, 3 Apr. 2022
• That’s a non-starter for the teachers, which tend to view changes to seniority as an attempt to bust the union.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2021
• The Times has a seniority clause, which puts the most recent hires on the chopping block first when cuts would have to be made.
  — Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2024
• Those in higher seniority roles across the board, though, might have a bit more leeway to come in late.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2024
• The range and seniority of people who talk about it is striking.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 5 May 2024
• That was only enough to pay for about a single day's worth of salary for an Army sergeant with about 10-years of seniority.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 29 Sep. 2020
• Young’s rise in seniority and stature did little to smooth his rough edges.
  — Tom Kizzia, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2022
• The Michael Carter with seniority by an hour or two reached out to his new teammate on Twitter.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 1 May 2021
• His colleague had one day’s seniority over him and chose New York City.
  — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2023
• These vendors enjoy a kind of seniority within the market, most of them with 15 years or more of time there.
  — Karla Tatiana Vasquez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
• And, and now only some of the detectives there will wind up there because of seniority.
  — Staff Reports, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2022
• In 1986, the court ruled that a local school board in Michigan could not lay off a white teacher with more seniority over a Black teacher with less.
  — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
• Now Spearing has more seniority than any of her colleagues, most of whom have been working for IU Health for less than a year.
  — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Jan. 2022
• There was the ideological reason and then there was the pure seniority part of it.
  — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 7 June 2023
• Not so long ago, Mr. Mori might have been expected to keep his job solely on the basis of his seniority.
  — New York Times, 26 Feb. 2021
• Workers with the most seniority would get preference for the open job and would have no less than five days to accept or decline the offer.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 27 May 2021
• But the family also can’t help but see it as a matter of seniority.
  — USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
• No one skips a turn in front, no matter your title, your seniority or your job function.
  — Jason Freedman, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
• No story was too small for her, despite her seniority, having spent nearly three decades in the field.
  — Dalia Hatuqa, CNN, 16 May 2022
• Cueto is the veteran leader among the starters, and many teams like to reward seniority.
  — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2021
• Things may get easier as your boyfriend gains rank and more seniority in the military.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 16 Apr. 2023
• The justices ask questions one at a time, in order of seniority, a stark contrast to the free-for-all that had greeted lawyers arguing in the courtroom.
  — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2020
• Many would lose seniority and pension benefits, and Luma could change their health plans.
  — Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2021
• One of those white workers was Weber, who had more seniority than nearly all of the Black workers chosen.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2024
• Full-time employees at the Big Three make $18 to $32 an hour, depending on seniority.
  — Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
• Each justice gets to ask each lawyer questions in order of seniority.
  — Jessica Gresko, chicagotribune.com, 2 Nov. 2020
• But then Clive learned that the starting salary of the new civil engineer was the same as his own, despite Clive’s five-year seniority and strong performance.
  — Aliza Knox, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
• The Senate lowered the bar for ending filibusters, and empowered junior members with larger staffs and changes to the seniority system.
  — Bruce J. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024