high-up
noun
British
: a person in an organization or government who has a lot of power and authority
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This versatile machine can transform into a handheld vacuum cleaner to clean above-floor messes, so reaching into the crevices of couch cushions and high-up cobwebs is effortless.
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Toni Sutton, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
And how, pray tell, are those high-up chandeliers being set aflame?
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 5 July 2024
The mission is meant to study how the eclipse might disturb the ionosphere, the high-up region of Earth’s atmosphere that produces the planet’s magnetic field.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
In the opening scene, a coffin holding the body of a deceased Muslim woman has to be strenuously carried from a high-up unit in this apartment complex down several flights of dark stairs by her male neighbors.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
His perch high-up in the Art Deco landmark is a far cry from the dark, street-level showrooms of London, where Fitzgerald began working as an unpaid tailor’s apprentice in his teenage years.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2023
The actor, writer, and model attended the 2023 Glamour Woman of the Year Awards in a high-up style that honestly has me at a loss for words.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 8 Nov. 2023
Next, a video clip showed a view from high-up seats in the L.A. arena as Drake appeared on the stage and the big screens above it.
—Jill Lupupa, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2023
And those positions include a number of high-up policymaking positions.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 18 July 2023
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Toni Sutton, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
And how, pray tell, are those high-up chandeliers being set aflame?
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 5 July 2024
The mission is meant to study how the eclipse might disturb the ionosphere, the high-up region of Earth’s atmosphere that produces the planet’s magnetic field.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
In the opening scene, a coffin holding the body of a deceased Muslim woman has to be strenuously carried from a high-up unit in this apartment complex down several flights of dark stairs by her male neighbors.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
His perch high-up in the Art Deco landmark is a far cry from the dark, street-level showrooms of London, where Fitzgerald began working as an unpaid tailor’s apprentice in his teenage years.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2023
The actor, writer, and model attended the 2023 Glamour Woman of the Year Awards in a high-up style that honestly has me at a loss for words.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 8 Nov. 2023
Next, a video clip showed a view from high-up seats in the L.A. arena as Drake appeared on the stage and the big screens above it.
—Jill Lupupa, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2023
And those positions include a number of high-up policymaking positions.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 18 July 2023
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“High-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-up. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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