as in public
the body of the community as contrasted with the elite
the chosen few might have the opportunity for a trip in the space shuttle, but it will be a while before the rank and file are taking space trips
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Recent Examples of rank and file
While rank and file employees certainly have their own struggles, managers are feeling all the same stresses, along with more responsibilities and less support.
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L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
The losers, FilmLA noted, are rank and file industry workers.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
But many rank and file union members were unhappy with the offer, which fell short of the 40% raise and pension changes that the union was seeking.
—Russell Lewis, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024
Ortberg issued a statement to union members Wednesday evening asking for their support, but conceded rank and file hold a lot of anger toward the company.
—Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024
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L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
The losers, FilmLA noted, are rank and file industry workers.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
But many rank and file union members were unhappy with the offer, which fell short of the 40% raise and pension changes that the union was seeking.
—Russell Lewis, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024
Ortberg issued a statement to union members Wednesday evening asking for their support, but conceded rank and file hold a lot of anger toward the company.
—Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for rank and file
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rank and file
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Investigators hail crucial role of public in finding person of interest Tisch, the police commissioner, said the tip from the McDonald's employee in Thompson's slaying is the third recent case in which the public has helped police.Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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More than fifteen million people—sixty-five per cent of the French viewing public—watched as Macron appeared onscreen, perched on a balcony with the plane trees of the palace gardens behind him, filtering the day’s last light.Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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Bozzo leveled criticisms at the current city government, arguing for more collaboration between officials and the populace.Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2024
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The public can’t handle the truth Recent political shows have settled into a mode that suggests the proletariat is, well, dumb — think of how The Regime depicts the populace of its unnamed country cheering for Kate Winslet’s mustard-fetishizing autocrat.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Ashley’s original, which has made musical history books for its pioneering use of the then-new element of feedback, seems to have a had a more carnival/cabaret feel, including crowd noise.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Dec. 2024
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On special occasions, the spectacle draws in crowds to the riverbanks on both sides, where sometimes thousands of people gather to marvel at the bridge's dazzling transformation.Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2024
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The clip shows the dog waiting outside a door for its owner to appear, followed by the moment that has people talking.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Sheriff Robert Luna of Los Angeles County said that about 18,000 people were in the mandatory or voluntary evacuation zones.Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Last month, the Onion gleefully revealed its winning bid for Infowars, which was sued into bankruptcy (as was Jones) after the families of victims in the Sandy Hook mass shooting in Connecticut won a judgment in 2022 against Jones in a defamation suit.Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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Other countries, stretching from Guatemala to Colombia, will also face tariffs or other sanctions unless they are seen to be halting the northward flow of migrants through the Darien Gap and other key transit points and taking back citizens swept up in Trump’s promised mass deportations.Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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In season three, which dropped four months ago, a series of explosions rocked Kingstown and its citizens, as a new face of the Russian mob set up shop in the city, and a drug war raged inside and outside prison walls.Marc Berman, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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In season three, a series of explosions rocked Kingstown and its citizens, as a new face of the Russian mob set up shop in the city, and a drug war raged inside and outside prison walls.Lynette Rice, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
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