at the top of the pile

idiom

: in a high or very important position
With this promotion, he will be at the top of the pile.

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Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman say A Family Affair's original NSFW title kept script 'at the top of the pile' The death of Kidman's mother comes in the midst of a particularly busy chapter in the actress' career. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024 In a wild turn of events, Jack ends up doing the right thing and ranking Tori at the top of the pile. Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 7 Feb. 2024 The first casualty is a gleaming trumpet, propped heroically on its bell at the top of the pile. Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024 Bleeding edge camera hardware is expensive, and with a foldable phone already requiring significant investment by customers, packing the latest optical hardware into a handset people will be buying in part down to the origami of the handset, there isn’t a pressing need to be at the top of the pile. Ewan Spence, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024 So those two things are at the top of the pile for me. David Moore, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023 Its senior loans are at the top of the pile to get repaid if a company runs into trouble. Michael Foster, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021 But in Belgium, Germany, and the U.S. (the last of which provides the backdrop for this piece), beer stands at the top of the pile. Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 5 Jan. 2023 One big takeaway is that Trump is at the top of the pile. Margaret M. Russell, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2022

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“At the top of the pile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20top%20of%20the%20pile. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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