top-ranking
adjective
: having the highest rank : most important, powerful, or successful
top-ranking officials/students
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Progress during the Trump administration halted after then-FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb stepped down from the agency, according to a former top-ranking official.
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Alexander Tin, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
The chamber’s top-ranking Republican pointed to FirstEnergy’s acquisition of West Penn Power.
—Christen Smith | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Jan. 2025
Iran’s top-ranking general in Syria has contradicted the official line taken by Iran’s leaders on the sudden downfall of their ally Bashar al-Assad, saying in a remarkably candid speech last week that Iran had suffered a major defeat but would still try to operate in the country.
—Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
This is similar to the range of scheduling options with Acronis Cyber Protect and other top-ranking backup apps.
—PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
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Alexander Tin, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
The chamber’s top-ranking Republican pointed to FirstEnergy’s acquisition of West Penn Power.
—Christen Smith | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Jan. 2025
Iran’s top-ranking general in Syria has contradicted the official line taken by Iran’s leaders on the sudden downfall of their ally Bashar al-Assad, saying in a remarkably candid speech last week that Iran had suffered a major defeat but would still try to operate in the country.
—Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
This is similar to the range of scheduling options with Acronis Cyber Protect and other top-ranking backup apps.
—PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Top-ranking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top-ranking. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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