SENIORITY Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words

seniority

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Recent Examples of seniority The perception in Maine—aggressively pushed by Collins—is that her seniority in the Senate keeps defense contracts flowing to the state. — Emma Green, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026 The seniority of the role is important, in that the candidate will need enough authority to challenge senior leaders and effectively advise them, according to Bill Margaritis, who led communications at FedEx for 15 years. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026 High-agency employees who are resourceful—regardless of their level of seniority—can contribute to meaningful work whether as ICs or leaders, creating high-density teams that apply taste and knowledge to deliver best-in-class results. — Neda Nia, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026 These rejections include supplemental health benefits, a night shift differential, geographic pay differential, a recruitment and retention proposal, seniority differential and overtime meal benefits, according to the complaint. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for seniority

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Noun

Her cause of death was chronic nephritis with senility, according to The Herald News.

— Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2026
Then the interview happens, and Thomas is swinging between lucidity and senility, and a million things about their relationship come up, and the fiction records the interview the phone couldn’t capture.

— Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026

Definition of senility

Noun

Advertisement The revolution still to come At the heart of the French Revolution of 1789 was the abolition of the privileges of the aristocracy and clergy.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Ah, to be a jaded 13-year-old who’s not always aware of his privilege.

— Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of privilege

Noun

Huntsinger said commercial almond farming had expanded rapidly in Placer County over the past decade, with many young orchards reaching maturity.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
But waiting for quantum maturity before designing for its convergence risks enterprises architecting for yesterday’s business boundaries.

— Rajjie Sarmey, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of maturity

Noun

More broadly, the season moved away from formulaic dressing toward a more individual, instinctive approach to style, where contrasting references and personal expression take precedence over a single aesthetic.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026
That makes sense as gasoline and food have been on the rise and will take precedence over a much more discretionary category like fashion.

— Evan Clark, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of precedence

Noun

Most people reckoned Graham would continue serving into his dotage before his unexpected death in July of an aortic dissection.

— Kathleen Parker, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026
Far from being a sign of dotage, scientists concurred, music practice in old age confers all kinds of cognitive benefits.

— Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026

Definition of dotage

Noun

Lurie was former policy chief for Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who made tackling prerogative and spurring housing and other business projects on the South and West sides a priority and was sometimes stymied by pushback from aldermen.

— A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026
The evening was beautiful, strange, and so far removed from the prerogatives of retail as to suggest that its entire purpose was not to have one.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of prerogative

Noun

And limiting the ongoing growth in average EV battery capacity—driven by preferences for longer range and larger vehicles—could reduce demand by another 23 percent compared to the current trend.

— Scott K. Johnson, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
But Strategy’s latest purchase shows the company is continuing to build its holdings despite the market’s swings, in line with executive chairman Michael Saylor’s long-standing preference for holding Bitcoin.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026

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