Example Sentences

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“Our agency officials, the high-ups — they had no clue.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025

However, Vance has already charged the firm with running a 15-year tax evasion scheme for certain high-ups, namely former executive Allen H. Weisselberg, who failed to report $1.7 million worth of company perks.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2021

In short, the high-ups wanted to take a look at weird shit.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 15, 2019

"We took the dead body straight to the town square where we staged a sit-in for seven hours, and left only after the district administration high-ups assured us that justice would be done."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2017

They are in close contact with the very high-ups in the theatrical world, men whose contracts you hope to sign on the dotted line soon.

From The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession by Wayburn, Ned