lieutenants
- plural of lieutenant.
Example Sentences
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“Of the Lieutenants currently available to oversee Homicide, Lt. Aimee Linson is the most qualified,” O’Hara said in a statement to the Star Tribune on Wednesday.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023
Not to be lost among smokeless tobacco tins in his locker were two cards on a shelf, both from the New York Police Department’s Lieutenants Benevolent Association.
From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2021
Shift Lieutenants are responsible for working out the details.
From Slate • Mar. 22, 2020
Lieutenants will be split between the two jails to help control any issues that may arise after the transition.
From Washington Times • Aug. 14, 2019
One of the Lieutenants was reading a newspaper.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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