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a
: wearing no clothing on the upper body
b
: featuring topless waitresses or entertainers
topless bars
c
: being a place where topless women are permitted
a topless beach
2
: being without a top
3
archaic
: so high as to reach up beyond sight
… and burnt the topless towers of Ilium?—
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Christopher MarloweExamples of topless in a Sentence
She likes to go topless on the beach.
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Supermodel Candice Swanepoel went topless for her latest Instagram post.
—Sarah Sotoodeh, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
Ribbons of roses curl up the sides of the lights along 6th Street, Chinese dragons hang from the lamps on Olympic Boulevard, and topless women watch over Wilshire Boulevard from their cast-iron perches.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Amazon and Achillia in Halicarnassus are topless, wearing only a loincloth.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
His topless appearance revealed what was believed to be a new tattoo of Hailey.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
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Sarah Sotoodeh, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
Ribbons of roses curl up the sides of the lights along 6th Street, Chinese dragons hang from the lamps on Olympic Boulevard, and topless women watch over Wilshire Boulevard from their cast-iron perches.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Amazon and Achillia in Halicarnassus are topless, wearing only a loincloth.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
His topless appearance revealed what was believed to be a new tattoo of Hailey.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Topless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topless. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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