superiors

plural of superior
as in bosses
one who is above another in rank, station, or office if a customer is rude to you, report it to your superior and she'll handle it

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Recent Examples of superiors But after Dougan raised the concerns, the lawsuit says, his superiors took disciplinary action against him. — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026 Reuveni, who had been promoted to serve as the acting deputy director for the Office of Immigration Litigation, warned his superiors that the government might be in violation of the court order. — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 Throughout the film, Agent Miller refuses to abandon the investigation, even after being discouraged from following the case by her superiors who felt as though there wasn’t enough evidence pointing to Kaczynski. — Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026 In the film’s ostensible present, as the lengthy raid unfolds, a noble, unnamed police constable (Anurag Thakur) objects to his superiors’ methods and their persecution of Devi at large. — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 21 Sep. 2026 His case was covered up for three decades by his Jesuit superiors, and even Francis was suspected of having protected his fellow Jesuit. — ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026 The Oversight Democrats’ summary published on Monday says officers at the facility were told by superiors there would be consequences for speaking up. — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026 The series begins during a police intervention in which two officers shoot an unarmed teenager and decide to conceal what happened from their superiors. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026 Bartholow reported to her superiors at SEIU California that Regan stood uncomfortably close and hovered over her at the bar at a fundraiser for the state Senate leader in San Diego in March as tensions flared over the billionaire tax. — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
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Noun
  • In July, Puma reported a slip in sales in the second quarter, but the company’s bosses remain optimistic that their plan to bring the brand back to growth by 2027 is on the right track.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • As more employees use AI in their day-to-day, bosses need to change their approach to managing given this new means of work, says Aparna Nair, IBM's chief talent, leadership & culture officer.
    — Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • And, a consistent thread over the years, many students were interested in learning from their elders – everything from family histories to intergenerational advice and tough conversations about grief.
    — Janet W. Lee, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Indigenous Australians use the titles ‘uncle’ and ‘aunt’ as marks of respect for community elders.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Israeli leaders have said little about the unprecedented death toll in Gaza, the humanitarian catastrophe and the lack of reconstruction.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Lawyers for victims’ relatives claim that a group of extremist religious leaders in Saudi Arabia aided the hijackers.
    — Tom Winter, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The end of the world has come in many forms for Robert and Michelle King, television’s reigning masters of the feel-good/feel-bad apocalypse.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Since mega masters hearings began in May, immigration data researchers found that the number of people ordered deported when not showing up for a hearing has skyrocketed.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

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“Superiors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superiors. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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