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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The third set, especially the second half of it, had both players finally playing top-level tennis at the same time.
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Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
Saleh helped forge the 2019 49ers into a top-level defense with 48 sacks until things broke down in Super Bowl LIV in Miami, and catastrophic injuries (including Bosa and quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo) did little to inhibit his candidacy as a head coach when the New York Jets came calling in 2020.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
The Irish meteorological service had issued equivalent top-level wind warnings for all of Ireland on Friday.
—Nazaneen Ghaffar, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
As enterprises increasingly adopt diverse cloud infrastructures, typically spanning two or three major providers like AWS and Google Cloud, the challenge of reducing risk across these disparate domains is now a top-level concern.
—Chris Wysopal, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
Saleh helped forge the 2019 49ers into a top-level defense with 48 sacks until things broke down in Super Bowl LIV in Miami, and catastrophic injuries (including Bosa and quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo) did little to inhibit his candidacy as a head coach when the New York Jets came calling in 2020.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
The Irish meteorological service had issued equivalent top-level wind warnings for all of Ireland on Friday.
—Nazaneen Ghaffar, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
As enterprises increasingly adopt diverse cloud infrastructures, typically spanning two or three major providers like AWS and Google Cloud, the challenge of reducing risk across these disparate domains is now a top-level concern.
—Chris Wysopal, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Top-level.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top-level. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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