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• s  at an elevated level in rank or importance
  a high-level official
  a high-level corporate briefing
• s  occurring at or from a relative high altitude
  high-level bombing

• Baz Ratner Getty (JERUSALEM) Israel and the Palestinians on Wednesday held their first high-level talks since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took office in March, pledging .
• But his book went on to argue that the problem was not intrinsicthat a "high" view of the Bible and high-level participation in American intellectual life could coexist.
• DeConcini hosted a high-level meeting at which he outlined Keating's demands, which gave an "appearance of being improper" in the eyes of the ethics panel.

• high-ranking
• upper-level
• high-altitude

News & Articles

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• State news: North Korea proposes high-level talks with U.S.
  North Korea has proposed high-level talks with the United States to "ease tensions in the Korean Peninsula," its state news agency reported early Sunday.
  June 17, 2013 - CNN
• N. Korea Proposes ‘High-Level’ Talks With U.S. to Ease Tensions
  North Korea proposed “high-level” talks with the U.S. to discuss a formal peace treaty to end the Korean War, less than a week after unilaterally scrapping a planned meeting with South Korea.
  June 16, 2013 - Bloomberg
• North Korea Wants High-Level Talks With US
  North Korea on Sunday offered high-level talks with the United States to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula, only days after it cancelled planned official talks with South Korea for the first time in over two years.
  June 16, 2013 - CNBC

Quotes

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• Patrick Fitzgerald in Spiegel Online
  Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the prosecutor, said that while gratified by the verdict, "it's sad that we had a situation where a high-level official, a person who worked in the Office of Vice President, obstructed justice and lied under oath."