top brass

noun

informal

: the people in the highest positions in an organization (such as the military or a business)

Navy top brass met earlier today.

—often used with the

The (company) top brass have/has decided that no action is necessary.

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Their rhetorical attacks undermined public trust in the top brass, and their efforts to politicize the military rendered their countries’ armed forces less capable of contending with national security threats. —

Ronald R. Krebs, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025 This is a five-parter out of Eastern Europe that has got Netflix’s top brass swimming with anticipation. —

Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2024 Garman’s remarks echoed similar ones from top brass at other major companies, who have labelled remote work as an innovation and collaboration killer. —

Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 18 Dec. 2024 The clueless top brass at Xerox’s headquarters sat by while Apple, and eventually everyone else, copied its graphical user interface. —

Steven Levy, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for top brass