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also toploftical
as in arrogant
having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude
those toplofty history professors who sneeringly use the term "popularizer" to describe any historian whose works are read with pleasure
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Notoriously arrogant comedy legend Kent Romero might first bring to mind Chevy Chase for readers, perhaps even 1980s stars like Judge Reinhold, but with his Venezuelan-American background, he was also inspired by real-life groundbreakers like Freddie Prinze.—
Lee Kelly,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026 -
As the sun and Jupiter clash, you’re cosmically protected, but arrogant behavior won’t get a pass.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2026
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Since then — indeed, since the Great Recession of 2007-2009 — the private equity sector has been promoting itself as a source of financial returns superior than those of conventional stock portfolios while glossing over cavils such as Buffett’s.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Every shark movie owes a debt to the sacred mother Jaws, but the thriller about bitey creatures spreading carnage and mayhem in bad weather that Thrash most resembles is Alexandre Aja’s superior nail-biter, Crawl.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2026
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But the most important sighting of the mythical Stravinskian fowl might be the revival of Dance Theatre of Harlem’s 1982 version, migrating back to New York for the first time in more than twenty years.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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The stat line was never going to be the most important part of Jayson Tatum’s return to Madison Square Garden.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Toplofty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toplofty. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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