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as in highest
being at a point or level higher than all others
his kite got tangled in the topmost branches of the tree
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Recent Examples of topmost
Just five months earlier, Gaber, an animal chiropractor, had run her hands along Bear’s fur, adjusting the animal’s atlas vertebrae, the topmost vertebrae in the cervical spine.
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Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
The evaluations usually include scoring the AI responses for correctness (topmost priority) and possibly also scoring for quality and reasoning.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Behind the scenes, DEI staff also offer trainings to museum staff and trustees, and offer pathways for diversifying institutional workforces, which in the US have historically skewed white, both at the topmost levels and in the ranks beneath them.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 30 Jan. 2025
None of the topmost Western officials have mentioned Syria in their recent public comments.
—Emile Hokayem, Foreign Affairs, 23 May 2023
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Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
The evaluations usually include scoring the AI responses for correctness (topmost priority) and possibly also scoring for quality and reasoning.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Behind the scenes, DEI staff also offer trainings to museum staff and trustees, and offer pathways for diversifying institutional workforces, which in the US have historically skewed white, both at the topmost levels and in the ranks beneath them.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 30 Jan. 2025
None of the topmost Western officials have mentioned Syria in their recent public comments.
—Emile Hokayem, Foreign Affairs, 23 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for topmost
Adjective
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Below are the top 10 baby names that increased in popularity from 2023 to 2024.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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There are a lot of frozen chicken entrees out there, so the fact that ALDI’s chicken nuggets took top marks in the Frozen Entree category really says something about the product’s quality.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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His backtracking was not handled with utmost finesse, but this was the right outcome.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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Your relationship to yourself is also of the utmost importance, says Dr. Joseph.—
Jess Cording,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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At the upper levels — EPs and showrunners — 56.9% are white and 25.2% are BIPOC.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
22 May 2025
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If all goes according to plan, the rocket's upper stage, or ship, will travel halfway around the world from Starbase, reaching an altitude of more than 100 miles before reentering the atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
22 May 2025
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“Topmost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topmost. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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