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Recent Examples of seniority
Health issues helped spur a shift in at least one Democratic Party ranking member position, where seniority has typically been the dominant consideration.
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Emily Brooks, The Hill, 27 Dec. 2024
The Alan Turing Institute commissioned a report into the gender job gap in AI in the United Kingdom, highlighting the extensive disparity between men and women in terms of their status, skills, pay and seniority in AI, as well as the attrition rate of those entering the industry.
—Steve Taplin, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The average pay and seniority for a housing specialist is around $44,000 and five years, respectively.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
For the last three weeks, Democrats up and down the seniority list have been stuck playing an especially frustrating game of Whac-a-Mole: smack the outrage of the hour and then race to hit the next one, never quite leveling the field.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
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Emily Brooks, The Hill, 27 Dec. 2024
The Alan Turing Institute commissioned a report into the gender job gap in AI in the United Kingdom, highlighting the extensive disparity between men and women in terms of their status, skills, pay and seniority in AI, as well as the attrition rate of those entering the industry.
—Steve Taplin, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The average pay and seniority for a housing specialist is around $44,000 and five years, respectively.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
For the last three weeks, Democrats up and down the seniority list have been stuck playing an especially frustrating game of Whac-a-Mole: smack the outrage of the hour and then race to hit the next one, never quite leveling the field.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seniority
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As populations’ median ages continue to rise — and the future looks increasingly hazardous for all age groups — more movies are touching on senility, dementia, elder abuse and other topics that not long ago rarely got any screen airing.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2025
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Salles doesn’t clarify his viewpoint until the end, when Eunice ages into senility.—
Armond White,
National Review,
7 Feb. 2025
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Boasberg scheduled another hearing in the case for April 8 to further discuss the government's argument on its invocation of the privilege.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2025
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Poulter plays a radically un-self-aware scion of a billionaire family in A24’s absurdist comedy about wealth and privilege (which also stars Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd and Téa Leoni).—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2025
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Per documents obtained by PEOPLE, the lender agreed to push the maturity date to March 25, 2026, and Ruelas took out an additional loan for $250,000.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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These nourishing skin care products target multiple signs of maturity: thin and crepey skin, fine lines and wrinkles, and hyperpigmentation like sun spots.—
Brigitt Earley,
Glamour,
31 Mar. 2025
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That legal philosophy — that national security interests take precedence over individual liberties — is likely what the Trump administration is banking on to deport students for participating in pro-Palestinian protests.—
Abdallah Fayyad,
Vox,
27 Mar. 2025
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If the eclipse falls in the tenth house of career, then news in your professional life is going to take precedence.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
26 Mar. 2025
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The heroes of the team are now in their dotage so the time to strike again is here and now.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Trump recalled Esposito having a baseball bat under his desk and, in his dotage, swinging a cane at uncooperative elements.—
John Ganz,
airmail.news,
8 Feb. 2025
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The courts or Congress could reassert their constitutional prerogatives and slow or stop some of these actions.—
Kori Schake,
The Atlantic,
15 Feb. 2025
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Collective ownership addresses issues earlier than if the quality was solely the QA team’s prerogative.—
Oleg Sadikov,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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This preference is more popular amongst Millennials (67%) compared to Boomers (37%).—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes,
10 Feb. 2023
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That preference was on display in August last year, when the KMT’s Hsia visited China amid lingering tensions over Pelosi’s visit.—
Bloomberg.com,
Bloomberg.com,
7 Feb. 2023
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The deal will likely be some sort of joint venture that gives a US company (or even the US itself) a majority stake.—
Chloe Albanesius,
PC Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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Then, the initiative would require a majority of both La Jollans and the rest of San Diego to support La Jolla’s secession.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Seniority.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seniority. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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