How to Use chain of command in a Sentence

chain of command

noun phrase
  • The chain of command starts to edit it and fine-tune it.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Is there a chain of command things are alerted trains are stopped.
    — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Less chain of command and more trust equates to greater passion and buy-in.
    — Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Second, a clear chain of command.
    — Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
  • The message clearly didn’t make its way far enough down the chain of command.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2023
  • But everyone needs to know the chain of command.
    — Tim Maurer, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • People’s lives are on the line, and there’s a reason why there’s a chain of command.
    — Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2024
  • So people shouldn’t feel shy about pushing ideas and concerns up the chain of command.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 June 2024
  • Flick has accepted and adapted to the club’s chain of command.
    — Pol Ballús, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The chairman commands no troops and is not formally in the chain of command.
    — Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2023
  • Some soldiers in his sleep bay have had comments like this reported up the chain of command.
    — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The sanctity of our military rests on the chain of command.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2025
  • Lubas said the arrest was unknown to Radford's chain of command.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Even minor decisions had to be run up the church’s chain of command, say former members.
    — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Still, his chain of command was unaware of the charge until after the shooting occurred.
    — Gabe Whisnant hannah Parry amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
  • In some cases, bureaucracy and the chain of command slowed down the messages.
    — Colleen Hagerty, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The video could spark chaos within the military chain of command and lead to deaths, Leavitt said.
    — Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 22 Nov. 2025
  • The local sniper also attempted to send the photo of the gunman up the chain of command.
    — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 16 July 2024
  • Army officials said the charges were unknown to Radford's chain of command.
    — Alexandra Koch , Liz Friden, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Local law enforcement told Card’s chain of command about his decline.
    — Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 24 July 2024
  • Officials said the charges were unknown to Radford's chain of command.
    — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • There was no obvious chain of command beneath Belichick, at least not to us outsiders.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
  • But the evidence soon leads them to a cover-up, putting them on a collision course with the entire chain of command.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 June 2026
  • The chain of command, and lines of communication, will be different from project to project.
    — Bob Verini, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
  • These online volunteer forces are loosely organized and don’t have a chain of command.
    — Elisabeth Braw, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2022
  • Similar engagements will take place up and down the military chain of command.
    — Chris Megerian, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The strikes were also a major blow to Iran’s chain of command, killing the nation’s top generals.
    — Martín González Gómez, New York Times, 13 June 2025
  • Turning Point now boasts allies at the very top of the GOP's chain of command.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Yet the higher the official was in the chain of command, the greater their resistance to admitting that there was one.
    — Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
  • Nor was McGovern, who was too far up the criminal chain of command to perform such dirty work.
    — Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026

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