Thesaurus results for HIGHER-UP

higher-up

noun

Definition of higher-up

as in executive

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Recent Examples of higher-up For fans who want a higher-up experience, the Rooftop Cinema Club is holding screenings for Team USA’s first two group matches. — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026 Or could a relationship with a higher-up lead to mentorship and professional growth? — Emily Nix, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025 The tray also has a second, higher-up row of cutouts to match the bottom edge of MicroATX reverse-connector boards. — PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025 Louie is summoned to the apartment of Joe Black, a higher-up gangster played by John Malkovich with a manner so quizzical yet threatening that his voice just about quivers with unexpressed rage. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for higher-up

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Noun

The states presented evidence that senior executives at Meta, intent on maximizing their company’s growth, had repeatedly set aside concerns about what its products were doing to its youngest users.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Senior executives at Nordstrom have made their human customer interactions part of their brand identity as well.

— John Hall, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of executive

Noun

More than a decade ago, the two researchers were introduced by their mutual boss, the chancellor at UCSF, who encouraged them to collaborate.

— Pien Huang, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Starring Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, the movie portrays three working women who rebel against their sexist boss.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of boss

Noun

His name is Ernst Kaltenbrunner, an SS general who two weeks earlier was named commander-in-chief of all German forces in southern Europe.

— Danielle Parker, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
When the ethnic war in Bosnia started in 1992, Mladic became the commander of the Bosnian Serb troops and took control of large swaths of the country to form a Serb mini-state.

— Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of commander

Noun

Some employers aiming to manage cost increases plan to offer plans with higher deductibles, requiring workers to pay more out of pocket before insurance coverage takes effect, the Business Group on Health said.

— Amina Niasse, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Her new employer is preparing to spend billions building computing capacity as demand for AI infrastructure accelerates.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of employer

Noun

The prosecutor general’s office has stopped updating crime data; the Treasury has ceased publishing detailed budget information; and the central bank has restricted disclosure of international reserves.

— Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
For example, in 2017, President Nicolas Maduro named a National Guard general with no industry experience to lead PDVSA.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of general

Noun

Frank Lenk, director of economic research at the Mid-America Regional Council, said automotive goods are one of Kansas City’s largest exports, and many of those products go back and forth across the border with Canada.

— Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026
Tonette Mendoza, a former college player who is now the executive director of the Philippine Tennis Association, first saw a six-or-seven-year-old Eala play at a local tournament.

— Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of director

Noun

Worse, the su binary—the code that provides the command-line interface allowing users with low-level system rights to temporarily gain administrator-level access—is set to grant root without any authentication.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Three months ago, Jimmy Morales was one of the most powerful administrators in local government, serving as a top deputy to Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of administrator

Noun

The Nepal Electricity Authority named the two men who were rescued alive as 30-year-old Sanjay Sah, a mechanical foreman from Saptari district in eastern Nepal, and Kabir Maharjan, 45, a mechanical supervisor from Kathmandu.

— Bhadra Sharma, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Officials identified them as a mechanical foreman and a mechanical supervisor at the Trishuli 3A plant.

— James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026