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Gets a small walk-on role and understudies the lead, and then the top dog loses his voice.
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Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
The leaders of both the United States and China need, for domestic political reasons, to appear to be the top dog.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
Big names in finance are predicting a recession — and that’s not making the top dogs in business happy.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 9 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, the top dogs and defending APP event champs No. 1 Will Howells and Bobbi Oshiro made fast work of their competition and secured the Sunday final from the topside of the bracket.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
The leaders of both the United States and China need, for domestic political reasons, to appear to be the top dog.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
Big names in finance are predicting a recession — and that’s not making the top dogs in business happy.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 9 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, the top dogs and defending APP event champs No. 1 Will Howells and Bobbi Oshiro made fast work of their competition and secured the Sunday final from the topside of the bracket.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for top dog
Noun
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The arid peninsula off Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf, similar in size to Connecticut, boasts deep reserves of oil and gas that have made the country the fourth-wealthiest in the world by per capita GDP and enriched its rulers, the House of Thani.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Flashpoint Kashmir has been a flashpoint since 1947, when British India was hastily divided into two by its former colonial rulers.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
Noun
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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
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Hancock was an All-Region football player and two-time Top 3 state placer in wrestling, according to the outlet.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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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 25 May. 2025.
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