How to Use top-level in a Sentence

top-level

adjective
  • Tua was never a top-level talent.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
  • And each one of those controls can be added to the menu bar as its own standalone, top-level icon.
    — ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • By late in the decade, the top-level girls talent had become a talking point.
    — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025
  • All too often, leaders look at top-level summaries to make big calls.
    — Alex Cooper, Fortune, 16 May 2026
  • Think of this as a go-to for daily top-level tasks rather than monthly overviews.
    — Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Elite, the top-level plan, is for full-on commercial accounts.
    — PC Magazine, 25 July 2025
  • That is what top-level competition is all about.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
  • This is really some top-level s---.
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Jan. 2026
  • For starters, Chelsea has top-level wing backs which are difficult to find at the top of the game.
    — Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
  • Doubts remain over his command of his area and his top-level ability.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Doku, who missed the start of the campaign through injury, is beginning to look like a top-level winger.
    — Sam Lee, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • Beyond that, Cleveland had more depth of top-level talent.
    — Tony Jones, New York Times, 18 May 2026
  • For top-level athletes, consistency is the name of the game.
    — Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
  • How did Pharrell push you in the studio this time around to make sure everything was top-level?
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 1 July 2025
  • Scott is going to cost money, though not what Burnes or other top-level starters are getting.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The top-level lounge has floor-to-ceiling windows and direct access to the terrace.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 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
  • Barcelona could clearly use another top-level centre-back.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Five agents and top-level executives were known to have been summarily fired last month in a wave of ousters.
    — Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • For items other than top-level folders, this sharing method is the only option available.
    — PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The championship court is electric, and features top-level matches all week on the livestream broadcast.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes, 18 Apr. 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 guys deserved a top-level performance from the referees.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The report includes links to the sites where Incogni found your data, but these are just generic top-level links.
    — PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Tadej Pogacar broke his wrist in late April and hasn’t taken part in top-level competition since.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 1 July 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
  • But James has still remained a top-level player into his 40s, something no one else has done.
    — Tim Casey, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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