How to Use top-line in a Sentence

top-line

adjective

• Bidding wars for top-line starters have yet to reach a boil.
  — Washington Post, 29 July 2024
• The Maple Leafs head coach was being asked about the status of his top-line left-winger Matthew Knies.
  — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 17 May 2025
• That could mean a big boom for the art and luxury markets’ top-line sales numbers in the years to come.
  — Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
• So the top-line is: Putin has rejected what D.C. and Kyiv offered.
  — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
• The top-line results came within moments of the first tally of the state’s ballots.
  — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
• Give us the top-line number of the Republican field right now.
  — CBS News, 11 June 2023
• The strengthening of the U.S. Dollar also weighed on the overall top-line growth.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• For those reasons, a top-line starting pitcher is the main way the Orioles can make a splash at the deadline.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2023
• The two sides began the strike far apart on key demands, including top-line pay.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2023
• But a glance at the top-line FBI numbers indicates that more is going on.
  — Joshua Crawford, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2023
• The men’s college product is full of prospects, but light on stars with top-line pro potential.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
• Their results in 2025 have not been worthy of a top-line position.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
• Mikael Granlund is comfortable on the wing but was also the Sharks’ top-line center for much of the second half of last season.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
• But while the details might be revealing, the top-line numbers should be no surprise.
  — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
• Columbia Sportswear will spend more to reignite top-line growth.
  — Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2025
• Outside expects to turn a profit for the first time this year on over $100 million in top-line revenue, Thurston said.
  — Sara Fischer, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024
• The top-line figure for the bill comes in at more than $50 billion, according to Shaheen’s office.
  — Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 1 Aug. 2025
• The Kings also need production from Danault, top-line winger Quinton Byfield, and their third and fourth lines.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2023
• Bennett brings more size to the fold and could play on the top-line wing or slot in as the second-line center and allow Marco Kasper to return to the top-line wing.
  — Max Bultman, New York Times, 22 May 2025
• The attack killed the group’s long-time leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and some of his top-line lieutenants.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
• But for me, the most interesting story isn't in these top-line numbers.
  — Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
• What's your top-line advice to gardeners new to Central Texas?
  — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
• It’s stocked with equipment not offered in some competitors’ top-line trims.
  — James Raia, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
• Those top-line figures, however, don’t tell the whole story.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023
• Despite Meyers’ growth as a top-line winger in the minors, his NHL game is tuned for maximum effort in short spurts.
  — Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 3 July 2024
• The Ducks, who had a top-10 pick for a seventh straight year, see the 6-foot-5 McQueen as a raw talent who can develop into a top-line center.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
• If people want to be best prepared for heat waves, the top-line temperature on the weather forecast doesn’t cut it.
  — Kylie Mohr, The Atlantic, 22 June 2024
• Combine that with his ability to drive play and Hagel was starting to look like a core piece for the Lightning as a potential top-line threat.
  — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 29 July 2025
• Although 2025 may see tepid top-line expansion, the growth will likely resume in the second half of the next calendar year.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
• But Black added that the top-line numbers in the nonprofit’s latest financial reports do not tell the full story.
  — Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025