as in senior
of great importance or high rank
These military secrets are known only to a few high-level government officials.
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Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2025
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Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, the nuclear arms control process is collapsing, and the current high-level contacts among nuclear powers are entirely inadequate given the danger at hand.
—Juan Manuel Santos, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
This story is part of a series of profiles of Cabinet and high-level administration positions.
—Jena Martin, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
The same month as the Herald’s reporting, December 2012, the Department of Children & Families quietly implemented a new policy that required high-level agency approval before any child in state care could be admitted to a nursing home, or move from one institution to another.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
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“High-level.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-level. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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