rank and file

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Recent Examples of rank and file Faced with the union’s demand of 40%, Boeing offered 25% (an amount originally accepted by IAM leadership) which was turned down almost unanimously by rank and file. Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 But some rank and file auto workers also held a pro-Trump rally. ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024 Since 2019, Nvidia’s stock has soared 3,000% — minting millionaires among its rank and file. Allison Morrow, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024 While rank and file employees certainly have their own struggles, managers are feeling all the same stresses, along with more responsibilities and less support. L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rank and file 
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Noun
  • Scholl’s goal is not just to bring supersonic travel back to the flying public, but to do it at scale, at a cost per seat no greater than business travelers pay today—a quarter of what the old Concorde passengers had to pony up.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 19 Jan. 2025
  • For 70 years, this country has spent the time in capturing heads of cartels and putting a head shot to the American public.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the birth rate has dipped to just 1.4 children per woman, portending a shrinking, aging populace.
    By Charlie Campbell/Gelephu, Bhutan, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Now Maduro is determined that the populace that humiliated him on election day must pay.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Go earlier in the evening on a weekday to avoid crowds.
    Amber Gibson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
  • More than 20 others among the massive crowd suffered gunshot injuries.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Instead, it was mistakenly sent to nearly 10 million people, McGowan said.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Still, several people posted what appeared to be drone photos and videos of the restricted areas online.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Concerns center around potential mass layoffs due to automation or budget cuts, raising numerous questions about the future of employment.
    Adrian Stelmach, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Friday's move is notable since TPS is expected to be scaled back by the President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to dismantle Biden administration immigration policy, enact tougher immigration rules and launch a mass deportation campaign.
    Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Tensions between the two men reached a boiling point when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in January 2021 while calling for Pence's execution.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The animosity between the two leaders reached a fever pitch on Jan. 6, 2021, as a mob of Mr. Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol, and a rioter vandalized Ms. Pelosi’s office and posed for a photo with a boot on her desk.
    Chris Cameron, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025

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