seniority

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Recent Examples of seniority Their other concerns involve professional development and seniority issues. Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2025 Analyst salaries can range from $18,000 to $40,000, depending on seniority, about 150% the average local market rate, the company said; more senior roles might take in $60,000 to $70,000 — enough to live quite comfortably locally, Basnet added. Alex Konrad, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025 Health issues helped spur a shift in at least one Democratic Party ranking member position, where seniority has typically been the dominant consideration. Emily Brooks, The Hill, 27 Dec. 2024 The Alan Turing Institute commissioned a report into the gender job gap in AI in the United Kingdom, highlighting the extensive disparity between men and women in terms of their status, skills, pay and seniority in AI, as well as the attrition rate of those entering the industry. Steve Taplin, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seniority
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seniority
Noun
  • As populations’ median ages continue to rise — and the future looks increasingly hazardous for all age groups — more movies are touching on senility, dementia, elder abuse and other topics that not long ago rarely got any screen airing.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Salles doesn’t clarify his viewpoint until the end, when Eunice ages into senility.
    Armond White, National Review, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Poulter plays a radically un-self-aware scion of a billionaire family in A24’s absurdist comedy about wealth and privilege (which also stars Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd and Téa Leoni).
    Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Boasberg scheduled another hearing in the case for April 8 to further discuss the government's argument on its invocation of the privilege.
    Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Per documents obtained by PEOPLE, the lender agreed to push the maturity date to March 25, 2026, and Ruelas took out an additional loan for $250,000.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • These nourishing skin care products target multiple signs of maturity: thin and crepey skin, fine lines and wrinkles, and hyperpigmentation like sun spots.
    Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • However, after World War II, Cold War strategy took precedence over economic protectionism.
    Tim Overton, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2025
  • He has been criticised before for his lack of rotation but, with no major trophies to show for the huge progress since the 2020 FA Cup triumph in Arteta’s first six months, the Champions League took precedence this week.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The heroes of the team are now in their dotage so the time to strike again is here and now.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Trump recalled Esposito having a baseball bat under his desk and, in his dotage, swinging a cane at uncooperative elements.
    John Ganz, airmail.news, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • During an hourlong Oval Office appearance, Trump appeared to slap down, contradict or complicate each of Netanyahu’s policy prerogatives.
    Time, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Under the law, however, any attempt by the president to supersede the prerogative of independent agencies violates the separation of powers and congressional authority.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This preference is more popular amongst Millennials (67%) compared to Boomers (37%).
    Gary Drenik, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • That preference was on display in August last year, when the KMT’s Hsia visited China amid lingering tensions over Pelosi’s visit.
    Bloomberg.com, Bloomberg.com, 7 Feb. 2023
Noun
  • The deal will likely be some sort of joint venture that gives a US company (or even the US itself) a majority stake.
    Chloe Albanesius, PC Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Accountant and political newcomer Michael Anthony Abbott, 60, has also thrown his hat in the ring and could force the other two contenders into a runoff if neither manages to secure a majority on election night.
    Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025

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