senior position

collocation in English

meaningsofseniorandposition

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senior
adjective
uk
/ˈsiː.ni.ər/us
/ˈsiː.njɚ/
high or higher ...
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position
noun
uk
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofseniorandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsenior position

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This man, who had reached aseniorpositionat his workplace, refused to talk about his past and insisted that his life was beginning anew.
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Exactly the same thing would presumably apply to the private company thinking about whether to import someone from another private company into aseniorposition.
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It is no accident that this man was recently standing for aseniorpositionin one of our largest trade unions and was not successful.
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There was no one in aseniorpositionto see me.
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I sincerely hope that he has aseniorposition.
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More seriously, he talked about people who have extensive responsibilities in aseniorposition.
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Furthermore, it is beyond belief that someone facing litigation should occupy a veryseniorpositionon the committee.
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Then he would have been in aseniorposition.
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He held a fairlyseniorpositionat several eminent schools, and he did a great disservice to his profession by his speech.
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A respondent occupied a relativelyseniorpositionin local government.
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The lesson for everybody is not to go for flashy cars if one is in aseniorpositionin the health service.
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Their case is, again, that they are men in aseniorpositionin their profession.
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It ended with that same man holding a fairlyseniorpositionas a teacher of art.
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How could anyone in such aseniorpositiontalk about keeping slums until the year 2000?
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That appointment will be aseniorpositionwithin the commission.
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There, all senior managers have to undergo gender training before they can occupy aseniorposition.
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If it was written by someone in a moreseniorposition, that is also important to know.
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C, who has aseniorpositionin a company running training and education courses throughout the country.
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I got it a week later, and they gave him anotherseniorposition.
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