as in second banana
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Recent Examples of top banana
In Planet of the Apes and for some reason Better Man, these apes are first on the call sheet, Chimps in a Leading Role, top banana.
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
So which restaurant did Yelp readers declare top banana?
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2022
Guillermo Rodriguez always fancied himself as the top banana.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 9 July 2019
This is, alas, the Yahweh of the early Hebrews, a fickle, petulant, seemingly amoral deity whose childish obsession is with proving himself top banana in the pantheon of primitive gods.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 12 July 2018
Companies, government agencies and institutes are spending millions of dollars on research and development to find a new top banana.
—Lucy Craymer, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2017
Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
So which restaurant did Yelp readers declare top banana?
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2022
Guillermo Rodriguez always fancied himself as the top banana.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 9 July 2019
This is, alas, the Yahweh of the early Hebrews, a fickle, petulant, seemingly amoral deity whose childish obsession is with proving himself top banana in the pantheon of primitive gods.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 12 July 2018
Companies, government agencies and institutes are spending millions of dollars on research and development to find a new top banana.
—Lucy Craymer, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for top banana
Noun
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Towns might be better off as a second banana than a No. 1 option anyway.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes,
28 Sep. 2024
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Riley emerges as an extremely realistic teenage character, one who probably deserves better than being the second banana to a bunch of muppety emotions.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
14 June 2024
Noun
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Bernabe caught the attention of Twitter gagman and Banana Capital founder Turner Novak, who’s made a name for himself by entwining industry analysis with creative memes on social media.—
Nina Wolpow,
Forbes,
23 Sep. 2021
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Indeed, many New Yorker artists once relied on gagmen.—
Thomas Vinciguerra,
WSJ,
16 Nov. 2018
Noun
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Over 20 tracks Burnham (who was already a successful comedian and filmmaker prior to this Netflix special, though entirely unknown to me) captures the experience of living through the pandemic in a way that felt both blisteringly funny and devastatingly honest.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
14 Mar. 2025
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Answer: Lauryn Hill Which famous comedian joined the cast in 2000: Chris Rock, Gabriel Iglesias, Kevin Hart, or Bo Burnham?—
Marilyn La Jeunesse,
Parents,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But come on, don’t take the wag out of the puppy’s tail.—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
27 Feb. 2025
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Owners might also see a tail wag or soft eyes associated with the nose-booping.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Top banana.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top%20banana. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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