middle management

noun

: management personnel intermediate between operational supervisors and policymaking administrators
middle manager noun

Examples of middle management in a Sentence

He was just promoted to middle management.
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Nvidia’s rival Intel, which has lagged in the AI chips race, announced layoffs across four states affecting engineers, researchers, middle management, and factory workers. John Kell, Fortune, 16 July 2025 Companies are trimming their workforces, and many of them are focusing their cuts on middle management. Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 15 July 2025 Technology is replacing the need for many middle management functions and threatens to replace whole categories of jobs. Anne Chow, Fortune, 2 July 2025 In particular, the broken rung is the gap that prevents women from being promoted from entry-level to middle management positions. Liz Elting, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for middle management

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of middle management was in 1941

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“Middle management.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20management. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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