How to Use top-level in a Sentence

top-level

adjective
  • Still, one knock against him might be his lack of success against top-level teams.
    Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The rest of the draft was filled with talented players who need to fill a roster that lacked a lot of top-level players.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2023
  • With more and more top-level aides turning their back on SBF, a long jail term is looking likely.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 1 Mar. 2023
  • That means the last half of the season will be wild as these teams will be providing a top-level matchup each weekend in the second half.
    Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 20 July 2023
  • From there, the learned how to do the behind-the-scenes work needed as for top-level administrators.
    Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The overview was just a top-level look at the $6.8 trillion budget proposal.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2023
  • No other top-level player in the league is from a wealthy country in which baseball is the most popular sport.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2024
  • Tadej Pogacar broke his wrist in late April and hasn’t taken part in top-level competition since.
    Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 1 July 2023
  • The championship court is electric, and features top-level matches all week on the livestream broadcast.
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Can the defense take the leap to elite status with a dominant performance against a top-level attack?
    Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Jigger & Pony, in Singapore, is one of those top-level cocktail bars.
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The Wild boast an elite defense and top-level goaltending tandem, but neither unit can compete with the Stars at stopping goals.
    Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Google has rolled out a new top-level domain that will let companies build websites that reflect a single word, such as writ.ing or play.ing.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2023
  • He is asked to run it at least close to as well as one of the best young playmakers in the league, a 20-point-per-game scorer and top-level closer who also ranks second in the NBA in assists.
    Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Tuvalu is perhaps the first and most well-known example of a country opening up its top-level domain (.tv).
    IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2024
  • But if there is a top-level decision to try to keep this team together because there might be some magic left in the tank, Myers should be part of the package.
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
  • But in the last few years, researchers have discovered flaws in these top-level AI Go algorithms that give humans a fighting chance.
    Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 12 July 2024
  • The house spans four stories, including a top-level turret that is reached by a grand, curving marble staircase.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 22 May 2024
  • His high school coach Carl Kremer of Moeller fielded numerous calls from top-level programs.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 13 Apr. 2023
  • One of the biggest challenges for Drohan will be continuing to add weight and strength to sustain top-level performance.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Think of the keynote as the top-level view focused a bit more on the user's perspective, while the state of the union session gets into the nitty-gritty for the people who will make software using the new features.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 6 June 2024
  • The top-level primary bedroom suite has a comfortable sitting area that overlooks the living room.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 15 May 2024
  • There are top-level competitors today who weren’t even born when 3rd Strike was released yet were inspired by the iconic clip online to pursue esports as a dream.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2024
  • Messina Denaro was the last of three longtime fugitive top-level Mafia bosses who had evaded authorities for decades.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Israel’s top-level delegation has returned from Cairo, and there has been no word from Hamas on its position in recent days.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The school continues to attract top-level industry guests.
    Thom Duffy, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The only way to get back to top-level performance would have been to start from scratch and completely retrain the system with data based on the new screen configuration.
    IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • That passion hasn’t caught on in the United States, where audiences are reluctant to watch anything the less than top-level competition.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Even if top-level performances didn’t arrive, his high work rate, speed, and directness would at least contribute to the overall team effort and style, just as Miguel Almirón does on the other wing.
    James Nalton, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023

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