brass
Example Sentences
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Prosecutors said the scheme failed only due to a lack of support from military top brass.
From Barron's
He employed a wide range of materials in them — wood, bronze, steel, aluminum, brass, cardboard, paper, canvas, plastic, vellum, photogravure and wallboard.
From Los Angeles Times
The MGM brass realized, Mr. Eyman writes, that “she possessed something valuable—an electric charge that made an audience sit up and take notice.”
“Let’s get down to brass tacks: It’s too expensive to live here.”
From Los Angeles Times
But Sinclair’s campaign crumbled after Disney’s brass returned Kimmel to his late night perch — without making concessions that Sinclair had demanded.
From Los Angeles Times
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