top-level
adjective
1
: highest in level, position, or rank
top-level executives
2
: involving people of the highest level, position, or rank
a top-level competition/meeting
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Finally feeling free on the mat, Morger won the Beast of the East, a top-level tournament, in her sophomore and junior years.
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Krystle Rich, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Similar events have happened in the past At top-level road events, there are rare cases of runners following press cars or other vehicles that leave the course before the finish.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 5 Mar. 2026
Bulgaria's team in the 1990s were led by Barcelona forward Hristo Stoichkov, and subsequent squads had multiple top-level players, notably Dimitar Berbatov, Martin Petrov and Stiliyan Petrov.
—Colin Millar, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
The general perception is that most of this activity probably takes place overseas and the targets are typically not top-level people, to put it that way.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
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Krystle Rich, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Similar events have happened in the past At top-level road events, there are rare cases of runners following press cars or other vehicles that leave the course before the finish.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 5 Mar. 2026
Bulgaria's team in the 1990s were led by Barcelona forward Hristo Stoichkov, and subsequent squads had multiple top-level players, notably Dimitar Berbatov, Martin Petrov and Stiliyan Petrov.
—Colin Millar, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
The general perception is that most of this activity probably takes place overseas and the targets are typically not top-level people, to put it that way.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for top-level
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“Top-level.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top-level. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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