highest-ranking
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Government officials say Alsheikh is the highest-ranking former member of the Assad regime to be tried and convicted in person outside Syria.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
During his tenure, a former vice governor of eastern Jiangxi province was executed for taking bribes, the highest-ranking official to be put to death for such charges in five decades.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Democrats lost their majority in 2024, but Mr. Schumer as minority leader is still the highest-ranking Jew in U.S. elective office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Most notably, he fired General Charles Q. Brown, the military’s highest-ranking Black officer.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
This meant that I would be the highest-ranking cadet in the entire corps of over seven hundred people.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
