as in public
the body of the community as contrasted with the elite
the chosen few might have the opportunity for a trip in the space shuttle, but it will be a while before the rank and file are taking space trips
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Recent Examples of rank and file
While rank and file employees certainly have their own struggles, managers are feeling all the same stresses, along with more responsibilities and less support.
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L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
The losers, FilmLA noted, are rank and file industry workers.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
But many rank and file union members were unhappy with the offer, which fell short of the 40% raise and pension changes that the union was seeking.
—Russell Lewis, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024
Ortberg issued a statement to union members Wednesday evening asking for their support, but conceded rank and file hold a lot of anger toward the company.
—Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024
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L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
The losers, FilmLA noted, are rank and file industry workers.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
But many rank and file union members were unhappy with the offer, which fell short of the 40% raise and pension changes that the union was seeking.
—Russell Lewis, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024
Ortberg issued a statement to union members Wednesday evening asking for their support, but conceded rank and file hold a lot of anger toward the company.
—Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for rank and file
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rank and file
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Investigators hail crucial role of public in finding person of interest Tisch, the police commissioner, said the tip from the McDonald's employee in Thompson's slaying is the third recent case in which the public has helped police.Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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More than fifteen million people—sixty-five per cent of the French viewing public—watched as Macron appeared onscreen, perched on a balcony with the plane trees of the palace gardens behind him, filtering the day’s last light.Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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Bozzo leveled criticisms at the current city government, arguing for more collaboration between officials and the populace.Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2024
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The public can’t handle the truth Recent political shows have settled into a mode that suggests the proletariat is, well, dumb — think of how The Regime depicts the populace of its unnamed country cheering for Kate Winslet’s mustard-fetishizing autocrat.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Ashley’s original, which has made musical history books for its pioneering use of the then-new element of feedback, seems to have a had a more carnival/cabaret feel, including crowd noise.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Dec. 2024
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Poor Al Wehda’s average crowd, if that is the right word, is 656.Matt Slater, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
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The clip shows the dog waiting outside a door for its owner to appear, followed by the moment that has people talking.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Sheriff Robert Luna of Los Angeles County said that about 18,000 people were in the mandatory or voluntary evacuation zones.Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Last month, the Onion gleefully revealed its winning bid for Infowars, which was sued into bankruptcy (as was Jones) after the families of victims in the Sandy Hook mass shooting in Connecticut won a judgment in 2022 against Jones in a defamation suit.Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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CoreCivic — Shares gained 2.9% after Wedbush Securities upgraded the private prison operator to outperform from neutral, saying the mass deportations promised by President-elect Donald Trump are a positive.Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
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One of nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas’ capital city of Little Rock in 1957 while a mob of white segregationists yelled threats and insults.Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
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The Miami resident wasn’t at the Capitol when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the building and interrupted the congressional certification of President Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Rank and file.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rank%20and%20file. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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