How to Use top-level in a Sentence

top-level

adjective
  • By late in the decade, the top-level girls talent had become a talking point.
    — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Still, one knock against him might be his lack of success against top-level teams.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Any team Stafford plays for will have to walk the line between top-level play, his march toward 40 and the risks that come with.
    — Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • Across the top, the interface displays three top-level header items: Home, Guide, and Saved.
    — PCMAG, 26 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Scott is going to cost money, though not what Burnes or other top-level starters are getting.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • In the top-level suite, The Alliance, located next to the Chairman’s Lounge, places are secured by invite only.
    — Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • Engage in comment threads, not just top-level comments.
    — Justin Nassiri, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • Hopes are high that Dunkerque will soon be duking it out with top-level opponents on a more regular basis.
    — Tom Williams, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Photo : Thomas Donkin The staircase continues up to a top-level laundry room than spills onto a roof terrace.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • The third set, especially the second half of it, had both players finally playing top-level tennis at the same time.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Some argued that tensions among top-level officials in a White House would not be a new phenomenon.
    — Brett Samuels, The Hill, 10 Mar. 2025
  • His slightly greater top-level experience edges him ahead of Myles Lewis-Skelly.
    — Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025

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