: on top of
Examples of atop in a Sentence
Preposition
The house sits atop a cliff overlooking the ocean.
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
Tacos To make star fruit tacos, thinly slice star fruit and place it atop grilled or sautéed fish, shrimp, or chicken tacos.
—Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Ld, Health, 13 Jan. 2025
Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
India Standard Time) atop a GSLV Mk II, one of India's brawniest rockets.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 30 July 2025
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Adverb or adjective
Cunningham’s 30 RBIs tops Decker by one atop for Aztec charts while Uribe and Steele Canyon High product Jazmin Williams are tied for second at 22.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
Tacos To make star fruit tacos, thinly slice star fruit and place it atop grilled or sautéed fish, shrimp, or chicken tacos.
—Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Ld, Health, 13 Jan. 2025
Preposition
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Jan. 15.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
India Standard Time) atop a GSLV Mk II, one of India's brawniest rockets.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 30 July 2025
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“Atop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/atop. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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