high command

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Recent Examples on the Web With the military high command pressing the president to act in Cienfuegos’ defense, Mexican officials made clear that counter-drug cooperation was at risk. Tim Golden, ProPublica, 31 Jan. 2024 Mundane procedural problems were the Achilles heel of the 2011 transition, and now the body that made all those mistakes, the Egyptian military high command, has delivered a new road map. Nathan J. Brown, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2013 Will anyone be pleased with the election result? Ironically, while the PTI’s strong showing represents an anti-establishment vote – and, more specifically, an anti-army vote – the divided national mandate means the army high command has reason to be satisfied with the outcome. Ayesha Jalal, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2024 Decades of Supreme Court petitions and rulings have challenged the military’s high command to balance operational needs with the principles of equal rights and equal opportunity. Isabel Kershner Avishag Shaar-Yashuv, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for high command 
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Noun
  • Parts of New Jersey that had once been centers of manufacturing, shipyards and shipping, among other industries, have since be redeveloped into upper middle-class residential units, catering to white-collar tertiary sector jobs.
    Andrew DePietro, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Globally: The International Association for Suicide Prevention and Befrienders Worldwide have contact information for crisis centers around the world.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
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  • Forbes is protected by reCAPTCHA, and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Entering an attack or movement command while casting an ability will cause Ambessa to dash a short distance once the ability is cast.
    Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • About two dozen of them are assigned to the Foreign Malign Influence Center—the command hub of the battle to protect the Presidential election from manipulation by foreign powers.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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  • The book draws from her travels in Mexico, presenting traditional cooking techniques and ingredients adapted for home kitchens.
    Ty Gaskins, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
  • While attending the Micheaux Film Festival in Culver City, Calif. on Sunday, Oct. 27, the comedian, 44, opened up about his home life, which now consists of a total of seven kids.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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  • Democrats hold 56 of those seats and Republicans hold 54 of them.
    Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The importance of these seats was thrown into sharp relief when a ballot box in Washington's 3rd district was set ablaze, destroying hundreds of ballots in an arson case last week.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Every unit would be able to handle its own capital allocation, simplify decision-making, and raise operational effectiveness.
    Jim Osman, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
  • But there's a good chance every bite of the nation’s orange obsession has its origins in the same spot: Morton, a sleepy hollow outside Peoria, Illinois that touts itself as the pumpkin capital of the world.
    John Riley, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024

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“High command.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20command. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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