top-level
adjective
1
: highest in level, position, or rank
top-level executives
2
: involving people of the highest level, position, or rank
a top-level competition/meeting
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By Updated: April 1, 2024 7:50 AM EDT | Originally published: April 1, 2024 5:05 AM EDT
Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday before heading to Japan for similar top-level talks amid rising tensions over the South China Sea.
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TIME, 1 Apr. 2024
With over two decades of experience as a mentor, coach, and leader, Dr. Ball has led the charge of helping top-level executives reach their full potential all while navigating the storms of her own leadership journey.
—Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
The group has had significant updates this week—days before its top-level downsizing, the U.K. government shed its controlling stake in the bank to below 30% (the stake was as high as 84% at one point).
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 27 Mar. 2024
Each team appeared to bring their top-level intensity, Warriors coach Steve Kerr trimmed his rotation to a playoff-style nine.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
While the world of top-level football is consumed with big-money transfers, for much of their time at Liverpool, Lijnders et al have been invested in another form of talent identification and development.
—James Nalton, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Being at the center of controversy is something all top-level athletes have to deal with and Clark, even through four years of college basketball, is proving no exception and has had to become experienced at handling the attention.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
While top-level agency employees are political appointees who advance a president’s agenda, civil servants are charged with implementing those policies in a nonpartisan manner.
—Joe Davidson, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
This should stop the major issue of someone with a top-level preset being matched against someone with a low-tier preset and making their life miserable due to the difference in weapon strength.
—Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
TIME, 1 Apr. 2024
With over two decades of experience as a mentor, coach, and leader, Dr. Ball has led the charge of helping top-level executives reach their full potential all while navigating the storms of her own leadership journey.
—Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
The group has had significant updates this week—days before its top-level downsizing, the U.K. government shed its controlling stake in the bank to below 30% (the stake was as high as 84% at one point).
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 27 Mar. 2024
Each team appeared to bring their top-level intensity, Warriors coach Steve Kerr trimmed his rotation to a playoff-style nine.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
While the world of top-level football is consumed with big-money transfers, for much of their time at Liverpool, Lijnders et al have been invested in another form of talent identification and development.
—James Nalton, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Being at the center of controversy is something all top-level athletes have to deal with and Clark, even through four years of college basketball, is proving no exception and has had to become experienced at handling the attention.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
While top-level agency employees are political appointees who advance a president’s agenda, civil servants are charged with implementing those policies in a nonpartisan manner.
—Joe Davidson, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
This should stop the major issue of someone with a top-level preset being matched against someone with a low-tier preset and making their life miserable due to the difference in weapon strength.
—Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
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“Top-level.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top-level. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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