higher-up

noun

Definition of higher-upnext
as in executive

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  1. executive
  2. boss
  3. commander
  4. employer
  5. general
  6. director
  7. administrator
  8. supervisor
Noun
  • The entities – also including Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Networks – are continuing to operate around the world while network executives contemplate next steps.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Yet a small amount of the whisky survived, says Ewan Gunn, an executive at Diageo, the global beverage company that now owns Port Ellen, as well as brands such as Johnnie Walker and Lagavulin.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of executive
Noun
  • The chatter around whether JD Vance wears eyeliner kicked into overdrive today when the vice president appeared at a press conference with his boss, Donald Trump, and their visiting guest, Ireland’s prime minister Micheal Martin.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 12 Mar. 2025
  • And her new partner, Lafferty (Dash Mihok), an old buddy of her dismissive boss (Patch Darragh), would rather babble about his digestive woes than help the desperate women of Kensington.
    — Judy Berman, TIME, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of boss
Noun
  • Watauga police are conducting a criminal investigation into the animal cruelty and encourage anyone with information to contact the animal services commander at www.cowtx.org/tips, according to the statement.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2025
  • This tenet of environmental stewardship isn't usually part of the decision-making process for commanders in other military branches, like the Air Force or the Navy.
    — Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of commander
Noun
  • Some of you may be offered a new job or a client could appear or decide to take on more projects with your employer.
    — Kyle Thomas, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
  • But what’s driving this change, and how can society ensure that this shift benefits employers and workers?
    — Scott White, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of employer
Noun
  • Brieuc Pont is France's special envoy on nutrition and secretary general of Nutrition for Growth.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia filed the legal challenge in response to the administration’s dismissal of more than 1,300 workers at the department.
    — Annie Nova, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of general
Noun
  • The director of Last Call, Gil Mehmert, is acclaimed for visually and emotionally rich productions such as German productions of ONCE, The Elephant Man, and Cabaret.
    — Court Stroud, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
  • That meant costume director Estelle Don Banda would, for the bulk of the film, have only one look for most of the characters.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of director
Noun
  • Teacher turnover Educators who were frustrated by remote learning and other conditions quit teaching and departed from classrooms across the nation, leaving school administrators nationwide with shortages of teachers and substitutes on staff, according to a RAND survey from 2021.
    — Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Other students followed her protest, but that was when Georgas claimed that school administrators stepped in.
    — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of administrator
Noun
  • County supervisors bought into his ongoing call for a total transformation of the local mental health care system, shifting toward crisis centers at a time when many in the community were calling for the immediate construction of new locked units attached to major medical centers.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Usually, the only way to identify these individuals is through irregularity reports submitted by test supervisors.
    — Scott White, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of supervisor
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