high-ranking

English

Adjective

high-ranking (comparative higher-ranking, superlative highest-ranking)

  1. At an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level.
    She is a high-ranking official in the government.
    • 2007 April 10, Howard Blum, “Who Killed Ashraf Marwan?”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 26 April 2023, retrieved 18 September 2015:
      Sheik Mohammad Seyed Tantawi, Egypt’s highest-ranking imam, led the prayers over the coffin, covered with an Egyptian flag.
    • 2024 January 10, Howard Johnston, “Launched for enthusiasts - now it's for everyone”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 31:
      Interviews with high-ranking railway managers now took precedence to reports about locomotives - […] .

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