top-ranking
adjective
: having the highest rank : most important, powerful, or successful
top-ranking officials/students
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The top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee is seeking more information from Empower, one of the largest recordkeepers that plans to offer its 401(k) clients a private equity option as early as next quarter.
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Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
Kelce, a former hockey team coach who launched the top-ranking podcast last year, shares four daughters ranging between the ages of 4 months and 4 years old with NFL star Jason Kelce.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2025
The Texas Lottery has found itself in the crosshairs of some of the state's top-ranking political leaders for much of this year over its tolerance of third-party vendors, called lottery couriers, selling tickets through the use of a smartphone app.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Victoria Nuland, then one of the top-ranking figures in the State Department.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2025
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Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
Kelce, a former hockey team coach who launched the top-ranking podcast last year, shares four daughters ranging between the ages of 4 months and 4 years old with NFL star Jason Kelce.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2025
The Texas Lottery has found itself in the crosshairs of some of the state's top-ranking political leaders for much of this year over its tolerance of third-party vendors, called lottery couriers, selling tickets through the use of a smartphone app.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Victoria Nuland, then one of the top-ranking figures in the State Department.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2025
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“Top-ranking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top-ranking. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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