Having an intermediate rank or position in a particular hierarchy.
even middle-ranking corporate financiers were making £2m to £5m
Example sentencesExamples
He told me that many middle-ranking officers are openly questioning the war.
At the time he was a middle-ranking civil servant in Whitehall.
His Cabinet reshuffle largely involved middle-ranking and junior members of his ministerial team.
He carved out a decent career as a middle-ranking actor.
He was asked to focus on medical reform and the job futures of middle-ranking doctors.
A small and far from opulent country, Scotland remained a middle-ranking European power.
The delegation comprised three middle-ranking officials from the Blood Transfusion Services Board, including one woman.
As a live music venue for middle-ranking acts, it has always delivered.
She is a middle-ranking executive for Barrow-in-Furness council.
Senior or middle-ranking safety officers or managers in the rail company are accused of having "little or no hands-on operating railway experience or expertise".
The failure of the attack was blamed on middle-ranking commanders - some of whom were sacked.
While she would probably be a perfectly adequate middle-ranking minister, all the evidence is that she is just not up to a spot in the leadership group.
Of course, the top schools remain very strong, but the middle-ranking and very small schools may suffer.