higher-up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher-up
Noun
  • Inside organizations, executives are struggling to create and adapt AI policies as fast as the technology is being developed.
    Susan LaMotte, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • The near-unanimous votes reflected deep shareholder trust in the boards and executives who defended DEI publicly and forcefully.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • After they were discovered by her boss, she was also forced to kill her superior and burned all the participant files.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • To alleviate pressure after the diagnosis, her boss needed to reassign some of her larger projects.
    Jillian Frankel, People.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Israel launched the air war on June 13, attacking Iranian nuclear facilities and killing top military commanders as well as civilians in the worst blow to the Islamic Republic since the 1980s war with Iraq.
    USA Today, USA Today, 29 June 2025
  • The soldiers say they were ordered by commanders to fire at unarmed civilians who were approaching food distribution sites during off hours, even when the crowds posed no threat.
    Aya Batrawy, NPR, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Despite employer complaints of unfilled vacancies, millions of qualified candidates—especially recent college graduates and those over 50—struggle to land interviews, let alone offers.
    Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • Owners pay for workers’ comp and payroll taxes Among the wins for the players is the fact that owners will now completely cover payments for workers’ compensation and employer payroll taxes.
    Pierre LeBrun, New York Times, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the U.N. office that inspects countries' nuclear programs to ensure compliance with nonproliferation agreements, made the comments in an interview recorded Friday and aired on Sunday by CBS's Face the Nation.
    Joe Hernandez, NPR, 29 June 2025
  • Mourners attend the funeral ceremony of the Iranian armed forces generals, nuclear scientists and their family members who were killed in Israeli strikes, at Islamic Revolution Square (Enghelab Square) square, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 28, 2025.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili will serve as the mentor for Future Frames, a program that boosts 10 up-and-coming European filmmakers at Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 1 July 2025
  • The family at the heart of the story run a tourism business allowing Cappadocia to feature in a way that naturally chimes with the narrative, but the connection between landscape and plot runs far deeper, series director Murat Saraçoğlu says.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Eisenberg argued that economic evaluations of mental health services could help administrators balance their priorities, as well as highlight the financial benefits that many campus counseling centers provide.
    Eric Wood, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • This was a moment for county leaders to aim as high as possible in seeking their first new administrator in a decade.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • The agreement, which still needs to be ratified by the union membership and the supervisors, includes a $5,000 bonus in the first year, followed by a 2% cost of living adjustment and $2,000 bonus in the second year and a 5% salary increase the third year.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
  • After an unseasonably warm winter, for example, when temperatures in the Czech countryside failed to drop below zero, Arrowsmith, SFX supervisor Ondrej Nierostek and their team had no choice but to build their own frozen lake from scratch.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 24 June 2025
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“Higher-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher-up. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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