high brass
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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While she isn’t concerned about running out of competent, capable leaders among the high brass, she does have her concerns.
From Salon ● May 1, 2026
The rest of the time he will be on the road, making speeches and drumming up enthusiasm at committee meetings, policy conferences, and get-togethers of the high brass of U.S. psychiatry.
From Time Magazine Archive
At least our high brass is rationed in passing out Britain's combat awards .
From Time Magazine Archive
In fact, the whole of the egalitarian U.S. so teemed with high brass that, as another British traveler remarked, when a steamboat captain once called out: "General, a little fish?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Chamberlain could see, even at this distance: the high brass.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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