top of the tree

noun phrase

British, informal
: the most powerful or most successful position in a profession, organization, etc.

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Apart from at the very top of the tree, which presumably pokes through Florentino Perez’s office window at Real Madrid, there are no solutions, only trade-offs. Mark Critchley, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025 Keep an eye out for dead branches, particularly at the top of the tree — beetles start high and work their way down to the trunk. Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2025 At the top of the tree, however, opt for one of four Carden Luxury Suites, overlooking the rolling estate gardens and Nicklaus championship golf course. Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025 Chopping off the top of the tree every year will not produce more blooms. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2025 The top of the tree, which was forked, landed across the hood, photos show. Mark Price, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025 Forest Park asks residents to place the trees on the grass by the curb on the south side of the park's parking lot and to point the trunks toward the parking lot curb and the top of the tree pointing toward West Kemper Road. Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024 The top of the tree reaches up to the peak of Basilica of the Patron Sant’Ubaldo, crowned with a bright white shooting star. Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024

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