top-ranking

adjective

: having the highest rank : most important, powerful, or successful

top-ranking officials/students

Examples of top-ranking in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jeffries, who represents New York's 8th congressional district, has been the top-ranking Democrat in the House since 2022. —Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment didn’t publicly announce the departure of Scott Bookman, one of the agency’s top-ranking officials. —Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025

Mat Hayward | Getty Images Microsoft’s top-ranking sales leader, Judson Althoff, has been promoted to a bigger role as CEO of the company’s commercial business. —Jordan Novet, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025

The world’s best airline loyalty program Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines’ Flying Blue program is the top-ranking program for the second year running. —AFAR Media, 10 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for top-ranking

• nonbanking
• banking
• blanking
• clanking
• cranking
• flanking
• franking
• planking
• ranking
• spanking
• thanking
• yanking