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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This is true of most great directors, except most lack the expertise of being a top-level editor who can deliver the best version of it.
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Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2025
About half of the claims in the documents were substantiated by top-level investigators, meaning they were affirmed and led to some sort of reprimand – up to firing and a bar from re-enlistment.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
The explosive memos — which include summaries of email exchanges and top-level meetings inside USAID, as well as internal agency research — were sent by Nicholas Enrich, acting assistant administrator for global health.
—Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 3 Mar. 2025
This season, UConn has lost three games to top-level teams out of conference, but put itself back in the middle of the championship conversation with its emphatic win at South Carolina Feb. 16.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2025
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Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2025
About half of the claims in the documents were substantiated by top-level investigators, meaning they were affirmed and led to some sort of reprimand – up to firing and a bar from re-enlistment.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
The explosive memos — which include summaries of email exchanges and top-level meetings inside USAID, as well as internal agency research — were sent by Nicholas Enrich, acting assistant administrator for global health.
—Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 3 Mar. 2025
This season, UConn has lost three games to top-level teams out of conference, but put itself back in the middle of the championship conversation with its emphatic win at South Carolina Feb. 16.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Top-level.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top-level. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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