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  1. chain of command

    A command hierarchy is a group of people who carry out orders based on others' authority within the group. It can be viewed as part of a power structure, in which it is usually seen as the most vulnerable and also the most powerful part.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. chain of command

    The succession of commanding officers from a superior to a subordinate through which command is exercised. Also called command channel.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of chain of command in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of chain of command in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of chain of command in a Sentence

  1. Sarah Huckabee Sanders:

    Director Comey made a pretty startling revelation that he had essentially taken a stick of dynamite and thrown it into the Department of Justice by going around the chain of command, that is simply not allowed.

  2. Art Acevedo:

    The discharge of those 21 shots by those four members are not objectively reasonable, i don't consider Four Houston police officers objectively reasonable ; the chain of command does not consider Four Houston police officers objectively reasonable and I believe anyone that watches this... would see they had a lot of opportunities and a lot of other options readily available to them.

  3. Bill Clinton:

    My husband and Loretta Lynch said they did n’t say a word about this, i honestly reject that premise, partly because there’s a chain of command in Justice Department.

  4. Kirsten Gillibrand:

    No one should have to suffer the chain of command when they report these crimes.

  5. Teesta Setalvad:

    We are trying to establish a chain of command responsibility. Our task is to show that an individual in the position of power could be administratively or criminally culpable.


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  • parancsnoki láncolatHungarian
  • தொடர் கட்டளைTamil

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