top brass
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In its first major shakeup since 2017, Samsung has rejigged its business from three divisions to two, and reshuffled its top brass.
Samsung replaced its CEOs, and reorganized the business again | Ananya Bhattacharya | December 7, 2021 | QuartzYet the industry’s top brass denied its involvement in a campaign to deliberately mislead the public on climate change.
Democrats accuse Big Oil execs of ‘obviously lying’ about climate change in historic hearing | Dino Grandoni, Maxine Joselow | October 28, 2021 | Washington PostIndia’s prestigious engineering institutions have at least two dozen vacancies for its top brass.
Many elite engineering colleges in India are functioning without top leadership | Ananya Bhattacharya | July 27, 2021 | QuartzHowever, Bill Barr never tried a case as a prosecutor in his life, nor did many of his top brass who he surrounded himself with.
‘Off the Rails.’ How a Veteran Prosecutor Sees Bill Barr’s Legacy | Philip Elliott | July 6, 2021 | TimeViolation of gravitas is being taken ‘extremely seriously’ by army top brass, source says.
Hunt To Identify Pirouetting 'Bearskin' Guardsman Who Shamed Army | Tom Sykes | September 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
A source said that while the video may be entertaining, the incident is being taken ‘extremely seriously’ by army top brass.
Hunt To Identify Pirouetting 'Bearskin' Guardsman Who Shamed Army | Tom Sykes | September 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAll the while, few soldiers were to be seen anywhere, clearly having been instructed by top brass to keep a low profile.
Arguably it was this contempt for the top brass, more than anything, which was to save the world from a rain of death.
Three Great Men Died That Day: JFK, C.S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley | John Garth | November 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe results were so good that the top brass who came after Maple grew increasingly obsessed with numbers in general.
VMAs Red Carpet in Brooklyn Wouldn’t Have Been Possible Without NYPD | Michael Daly | August 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat were the Corps' top brass thinking of, anyway, to put so much on an untried kid just out of school?
Man of Many Minds | E. Everett EvansAll of us—all the Academy top brass—develop a foolproof test for cadet maneuvers.
Stand by for Mars! | Carey RockwellThe fit of the top brass therefore depends upon the fit strip being of the proper thickness from end to end.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II | Joshua RoseBy going through channels, George worked up from the woodwork to the top brass!
Chain of Command | Stephen ArrThe top brass of Consolidated is giving you the green right down the line.
The Cartels Jungle | Irving E. Cox, Jr.
British Dictionary definitions for top brass
(functioning as plural) informal the most important or high-ranking officials or leaders, as in politics, industry, etc: See also brass (def. 5)
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Other Idioms and Phrases with top brass
see under brass hat.
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