as in above
chiefly US, somewhat old-fashioned + literary on top of The house sits atop a cliff overlooking the ocean.

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Recent Examples of atop Detroit won its sixth straight game, improved to 7-1 and kept its place atop the NFC. Rob Reischel, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024 Yet, those claims — supernatural and all-too-terrestrial — still kept appearing atop search results like digital mantras. Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024 This piled atop linkups with the likes of Solid & Striped as well as David Yurman. Mikelle Street, WWD, 2 Nov. 2024 Chong dehydrates this sour black rice, grinds it into a powder, and sprinkles it atop a drink called Kuro Koji, adding a dramatic jet-black top to the cocktail of purple sweet potato, Okinawan rice distillate, sweet sake, shikuwasa, and koregusu. Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for atop 

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“Atop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atop. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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