How to Use top-line in a Sentence
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Bidding wars for top-line starters have yet to reach a boil.
— Washington Post, 29 July 2024 -
That could mean a big boom for the art and luxury markets’ top-line sales numbers in the years to come.
— Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024 -
The top-line results came within moments of the first tally of the state’s ballots.
— Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024 -
Give us the top-line number of the Republican field right now.
— CBS News, 11 June 2023 -
The strengthening of the U.S. Dollar also weighed on the overall top-line growth.
— Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023 -
For those reasons, a top-line starting pitcher is the main way the Orioles can make a splash at the deadline.
— Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2023 -
The two sides began the strike far apart on key demands, including top-line pay.
— Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2023 -
But a glance at the top-line FBI numbers indicates that more is going on.
— Joshua Crawford, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2023 -
The men’s college product is full of prospects, but light on stars with top-line pro potential.
— Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024 -
Mikael Granlund is comfortable on the wing but was also the Sharks’ top-line center for much of the second half of last season.
— Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024 -
But while the details might be revealing, the top-line numbers should be no surprise.
— Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024 -
Outside expects to turn a profit for the first time this year on over $100 million in top-line revenue, Thurston said.
— Sara Fischer, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024 -
The Kings also need production from Danault, top-line winger Quinton Byfield, and their third and fourth lines.
— Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2023 -
The attack killed the group’s long-time leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and some of his top-line lieutenants.
— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024 -
It’s stocked with equipment not offered in some competitors’ top-line trims.
— James Raia, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024 -
Those top-line figures, however, don’t tell the whole story.
— Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023 -
Despite Meyers’ growth as a top-line winger in the minors, his NHL game is tuned for maximum effort in short spurts.
— Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 3 July 2024 -
If people want to be best prepared for heat waves, the top-line temperature on the weather forecast doesn’t cut it.
— Kylie Mohr, The Atlantic, 22 June 2024 -
Although 2025 may see tepid top-line expansion, the growth will likely resume in the second half of the next calendar year.
— Trefis Team, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024 -
The top-line trim rests just below the country’s average new vehicle price.
— James Raia, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2024 -
So, even as consumers bought lesser beer, the top-line has shown an upward trajectory.
— Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 29 Dec. 2023 -
His restrictive covenants would block a buyer who couldn’t afford a large house or top-line construction.
— Jeremy Lechtzin, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024 -
Also in focus are market share gains and volume growth, which are key to top-line growth when price hikes are no longer a meaningful level.
— Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 July 2024 -
Yet both beat Wall Street’s expectations for top-line results.
— Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2024 -
Johnson has abided by those spending amounts, though, and agreed with Schumer in January to a top-line spending figure — $1.7 trillion — for the rest of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30.
— Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024 -
But that top-line take-away belies new trading patterns that show just how far countries are going to do business with allies.
— Peter Vanham, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2023 -
At a meeting Thursday morning, roughly a dozen hard-liners told Johnson to go back to Schumer with a new top-line spending number.
— Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024 -
The bill in its current form blows past top-line spending set by the budget caps in the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which was part of a deal to lift the debt ceiling last year.
— Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 18 June 2024 -
On the first day of free agency, the Panthers traded Anthony Duclair, a fan favorite and frequent top-line winger, to the Sharks to create just a little bit more room to operate.
— David Wilson, Miami Herald, 11 June 2024 -
Hence, the stock offers a low risk/reward ratio for investors, with the company’s substantial backlog and the recent surge in rental demand, assuring healthy top-line growth.
— Ken Berman, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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