high command

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Recent Examples of high command Oscar winners Russell Crowe and Rami Malek are engaging in a psychological game of chess in writer-director James Vanderbilt‘s historical drama Nuremberg that chronicles the efforts to bring the Nazi high command to justice after World War II in the Nuremberg Trials. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025 Yet Xi probably sees such suffering among the high command as having a salutary effect. Jonathan A. Czin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2025 The shock of the atomic bombs was the critical factor in breaking the deadlock among the Japanese high command. Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2025 Yet just three years later, most of the Nazi high command would be in the dock at Nuremberg, charged with the most outrageous crimes of the century. Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high command
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Noun
  • Freshman Eva Karacalidis starred in her debut at center-mid, helping the Porkers apply a wealth of offensive pressure in an 11-shot first half.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • From 2021 to March 2025, the Turgeau emergency center treated more than 100,000 patients.
    NPR, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The incident's central command constantly receives progress reports from firefighters on the ground.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • But the ball was on point, in line with Raiola’s command in the fourth quarter.
    Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What those 15,000 or so fair-weather fans missed was the Broncos (4-2, 2-0) asserting themselves in the fourth quarter to pull away for a 41-25 Mountain West win over the Lobos (3-3, 0-2), who for much of the night were like a gnat the home team couldn’t swat away.
    Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Update your emergency kit and be sure to include enough food and water to last for 3 days for each person in your home.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Simons would stand near Lillard’s seat and receive a high-level basketball education from the All-Star point guard.
    Jay King, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The Zone 4 seat is up for reelection in March 2026.
    Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • More than 60% of the capital's health facilities, including Haiti's general hospital, are now shuttered or non-functioning because of the surge in gang violence.
    NPR, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The aide ordered his family to pack their bags and go to the defense ministry in the capital’s central Umayyad Square.
    Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025

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“High command.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20command. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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