on top
idiom
1
: on the highest part or surface of something
vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce and a cherry on top
2
chiefly British
: winning a game or competition
The team was on top after the first half.
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This led to a 1999 work in which at least three different images of a head and torso are painted on top of one another.
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Pink, brown and amber melted together on top of her lids with an iridescent white on her brow bone.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
With four women battling it out on top of a massive ladder in the middle of the ring, Bliss and Perez simultaneously hit impressive Code Reds on Naomi and Vaquer, respectively, sending them crashing off two separate ladders.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Track record The Resilience lander launched in January on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, riding to space in tandem with a commercial Moon lander named Blue Ghost from Firefly Aerospace.
—Stephen Clark – Jun 6, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Pink, brown and amber melted together on top of her lids with an iridescent white on her brow bone.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
With four women battling it out on top of a massive ladder in the middle of the ring, Bliss and Perez simultaneously hit impressive Code Reds on Naomi and Vaquer, respectively, sending them crashing off two separate ladders.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Track record The Resilience lander launched in January on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, riding to space in tandem with a commercial Moon lander named Blue Ghost from Firefly Aerospace.
—Stephen Clark – Jun 6, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
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“On top.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20top. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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