highest-ranking
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A grand ayatollah and source of emulation is among a select few of the highest-ranking clerics.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026
In January, China's highest-ranking military general Zhang Youxia and his close ally Liu Zhenli were removed from their roles.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
Rubio will be the highest-ranking US official ever to visit Saint Kitts and Nevis, a former British colony of around 50,000 people that is among the world's smallest countries.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
The highly produced video was released less than a month after Chinese leader Xi Jinping purged two top generals, including his highest-ranking deputy in the military, Gen. Zhang Youxia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
Some of the highest-ranking, she saw, carried little manikins like Iofur’s rag-doll daemon, trying to curry favor, perhaps, by imitating the fashion he’d begun.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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