seniority
noun
Examples of seniority in a Sentence
Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2024
Some suggested your danger of losing a job depending on your sector, level of seniority, or location of work.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
The Times has a seniority clause, which puts the most recent hires on the chopping block first when cuts would have to be made.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2024
When comparing women and men with the same job title, seniority level and hours worked, a gender gap of 11% still exists in terms of take-home pay.
—Kalina Bryant, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
In Washington, seniority matters — influence often depends on longevity.
—Mercury News Editorial, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024
Job by job, plant by plant, Black people forced open the auto industry and built seniority, using it to break into higher paying jobs they had previously been denied.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 7 Oct. 2023
Your employee advocates work in various departments and at different levels of seniority.
—Bradley Keenan, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Part of what’s happening is a change in seniority, Rebecca Purser, research manager at Harris Polls explains.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2024
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Word History
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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