as in excellent
of the very best kind
hoping to impress the new neighbors, she brought a top-shelf wine as a housewarming gift
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Recent Examples of top-shelf
Keeping up its streak of attracting top-shelf talent, the Saint Louis Fashion Fund has lined up Carolina Herrera’s creative director Wes Gordon for its annual speaker series.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2025
With Formula 1 rights likely earmarked for Apple and Major League Baseball waiting until 2028 to reorganize its major media packages, there won't be many top-shelf sports assets coming to market for Paramount to acquire.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025
Come for the hard news and stay for stuff that feeds your passions: top-shelf dining, sports and music content.
—Benjamin Goad, The Tennessean, 26 July 2025
If location, location, location is the mantra of the real estate industry, the former Ramada site is a top-shelf realty spot.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2025
With Formula 1 rights likely earmarked for Apple and Major League Baseball waiting until 2028 to reorganize its major media packages, there won't be many top-shelf sports assets coming to market for Paramount to acquire.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025
Come for the hard news and stay for stuff that feeds your passions: top-shelf dining, sports and music content.
—Benjamin Goad, The Tennessean, 26 July 2025
If location, location, location is the mantra of the real estate industry, the former Ramada site is a top-shelf realty spot.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for top-shelf
Adjective
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But on a day when Mizzou amassed 595 total yards, converted 4 of 5 fourth downs and got an excellent effort from first-year starting quarterback Beau Pribula, surrendering possession had to fill Kansas followers with a sense of dread.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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The openings can keep your feet cool or give you an excellent way to show off some eye-catching socks once the weather get cooler.—
Isis Briones,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Audi's done a terrific job applying a restrained retro-futuristic approach to the interiors.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Detroit Lions went 15-2 last season, finishing with the best record in the NFC behind an explosive offense and some terrific coaching.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Ay, the superb slyness of that last response!—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Kansas’ sixth-year man Jalon Daniels put superb touches on a pair of touchdown passes.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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But if Julia’s delivery of her first child is about as wonderful as pushing a human out of your body can get — even the lighting is dreamy — her second child’s delivery is the exact opposite.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Morticia has this wonderful lighter look into the world as opposed to Wednesday.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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Allen finished with 424 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns; Jackson had 279 and three scores of his own in another stellar effort.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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In addition to stellar dining choices, the bars in the neighborhood offer some of the most creative cocktails and mocktails in town.—
Jacqueline Dole,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Delaying this meal was linked with greater risk of death in a sizable 20-year study.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
4 Sep. 2025
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It’s been three weeks since a historic flood put the greater Milwaukee area under water.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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And that in turn could help protect hardware like satellites and people like astronauts from these dangerous but awesome eruptions.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
5 Sep. 2025
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The cameras in smartphones these days are nothing short of awesome.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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People want to include crape myrtles and roses-of-Sharon as their privacy plants, for example, and both of those, while lovely in summer, would be bare and drab in the winter.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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It’s been really lovely, also exhausting.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Top-shelf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top-shelf. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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