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 hotels were jammed with high brass, and the big silvery transports sweeping down on McCarran Field kept adding to the flood.
From Time Magazine Archive
Drafted by the Army & Navy as a contract carrier, Pan Am ferried high brass, spies, planes and war materials into Africa, Europe and Asia, and built 53 airports.
From Time Magazine Archive
It took Giulio more than two years of arguing, pleading, cajoling, storming to convince Maserati's high brass that a twelve-cylinder engine was the logical evolution from their successful six-cylinder, 2.5-liter racer.
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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