Meanings of higher-ranking in English

Some in the forward fringe still grappled with the higher-ranking priests.

Hickman, the higher-ranking of the two, was neat, trim, and compact.

Several analysts say Beijing wants a higher-ranking official, namely Turnbull, to lead efforts to mend ties.

Staffers, higher-ranking soldiers and nobles came and went.

Several of the higher-ranking officers handed themselves in.

All the more remarkable given that they had to take on better resourced, professional and higher-ranking countries.

If a higher-ranking wolf comes toward me, I am supposed to move my weaponry-myteeth-fromright to left, horizontally.

Last week the military filled its 25 percent house quota with higher-ranking officers in an apparent attempt to boost its parliamentary clout.

The IRS gave the task to a field office in Cincinnati, Ohio, rather than assign it to higher-ranking staff in its Washington headquarters.

But despite the fact that we held the same rank, Manet had more hands-on experience in the Fishery than any dozen higher-ranking students combined.

The vast majority of the loans are unsecured and sit lower down the capital structure, making them susceptible to the will of higher-ranking lenders.

They spent several minutes pushing among progressively higher-ranking and better-dressed men, into the house and up the stairs, and finally entered a tiny low-ceilinged bedchamber.

Occasionally one of the respondents would address themselves to him, which gave William the annoying suspicion that they thought his brother was the higher-ranking official.

Once park effects and opposition are considered, the Cubs had the higher-ranking pitching staff, with 3.7 fWAR to the Sox' 1.5.

Fiorina was widely viewed as the winner of the "undercard" debate of low-polling candidates that took place hours before the higher-ranking rivals competed in Cleveland.

Higher-ranking residents could punish others for minor infractions, such as talking in the medication line.