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

Studies of top charts over the years—including reports from Forbes in 2018 and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative in recent years—show that men continue to host the majority of top-ranking podcasts. — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Several top-ranking police officials were terminated, and over a dozen MPD officers were placed on leave that month amid an internal investigation into the scandal. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 10 Aug. 2026

The top-ranking National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA), which comes with $100,000, was granted specifically to Presley’s painting Our lifestyle of tranquillity undisturbed, 2026. — News Desk, Artforum, 7 Aug. 2026

Other top-ranking state fairs include ones in Wisconsin, Florida, New York, Texas, Alaska, Iowa, Illinois and Ohio. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for top-ranking

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