juniority
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of juniority
Example Sentences
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Nicholas E. Calio, president and CEO of industry trade group Airlines for America, told attendees that after hiring 100,000 new workers during the pandemic and its aftermath, “we worry about juniority.”
From Washington Post
Turns out there’s a juniority cost, too.
From Slate
In happier times, when he was boasting about replacing trained and highly paid workers with new and inexperienced ones, Bastian called the savings “the juniority benefit.”
From Slate
“Right, made me a junior. Resigned me to juniority.”
From Literature
And thus, by prompt generalship, Miss Veronica Vereker, while obeying to the letter the laws of hospitality and precedence, stole a march upon her slow-moving brethren and sisters and received the lion's share of the trifle, the balance going to Tony by virtue of juniority.
From Project Gutenberg
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