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top management

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noun

  1. the most senior staff of an organization or business, including the heads of various divisions or departments led by the chief executive Compare middle management

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A separate source said: "It's like corporate gaslighting with top management saying that everything is going fine when all evidence is to the contrary. "

From BBC Feb. 10, 2026

Those buybacks came amid big paydays for top management, which Bed Bath & Beyond said in regulatory filings were intended to align with financial performance.

From Seattle Times Jun. 6, 2024

As it happens, many of Peltz’s criticisms of Disney’s top management are common in corporate America.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2024

“The top management of Boeing does not have aeronautical engineering degrees, for the most part.”

From New York Times Feb. 3, 2024

Apparently the top management of the joint used these cells for other things than mere containment of unruly prisoners.

From Highways in Hiding by George Oliver Smith

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