Failed and Promoted

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Promoted and failed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Promoted" instead a verb "Failed".

Nearby Words: fail, failure, failing

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Failed and promoted are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Failed" instead a verb "Promoted".

In fact, one subordinate who failed (Aldona Anasimovna) actually got promoted, because his analysis of the failed Monica operation suggested that if she had been better informed about the Mesan Alignment's goals, it might have succeeded.

Source: You Have Failed Me
Promoted in the very first episode after the previous one, Captain Crigg, failed Zordrak.

Source: Mook Lieutenant
Brick Joke: Subtle (it's never explicitly stated) but remember that tractor beam guy in The Last Command who Thrawn promoted instead of punishing him because he tried an imaginative solution to prevent Luke escaping his tractor beam, even though he failed?

Source: Literature / Hand of Thrawn

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