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Recent Examples of top dog
As soon as the underdog becomes the top dog, their defeat is to some a triumph.
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Jared Weiss, New York Times, 11 May 2025
This marks the first time the Tigers have entered the postseason as the sport’s top dog.
—Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
There’s a new top dog in women’s college gymnastics.
—Caroline Price, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Just wait until the top dogs get going again, which is all but inevitable.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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Jared Weiss, New York Times, 11 May 2025
This marks the first time the Tigers have entered the postseason as the sport’s top dog.
—Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
There’s a new top dog in women’s college gymnastics.
—Caroline Price, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Just wait until the top dogs get going again, which is all but inevitable.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for top dog
Noun
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August was all about preparing for the return to school, with popular grocery items including colored pencils, ring binders, index cards, as well as rulers, notebooks, and calculators.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
21 June 2025
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Responding to persecution by India’s Mughal rulers—and the torture and execution of his father—Hargobind militarized Sikhism.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
Noun
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Sentinel Standouts Nikolas Blake, Hagerty, Jr. Buzz: Class 3A third placer in 150-pound weight class.—
Steve Gorches,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 June 2025
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The company acquired 102 federal mining claims in the Lisbon Valley of Utah in November 2021 and expanded its holdings to 743 placer claims over 14,320 acres by July 2023.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This team has cast off its familiar underdog mantle and embraced being the overdog.—
Jeré Longman,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2023
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It’s always funny when a show about underdogs is … an overdog.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2021
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“Top dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top%20dog. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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