How to Use top-line in a Sentence

top-line

adjective
  • Bidding wars for top-line starters have yet to reach a boil.
    — Washington Post, 29 July 2024
  • The Maple Leafs head coach was being asked about the status of his top-line left-winger Matthew Knies.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 17 May 2025
  • That could mean a big boom for the art and luxury markets’ top-line sales numbers in the years to come.
    — Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • So the top-line is: Putin has rejected what D.C. and Kyiv offered.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The top-line results came within moments of the first tally of the state’s ballots.
    — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Give us the top-line number of the Republican field right now.
    — CBS News, 11 June 2023
  • The strengthening of the U.S. Dollar also weighed on the overall top-line growth.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • For those reasons, a top-line starting pitcher is the main way the Orioles can make a splash at the deadline.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2023
  • The two sides began the strike far apart on key demands, including top-line pay.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2023
  • But a glance at the top-line FBI numbers indicates that more is going on.
    — Joshua Crawford, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The men’s college product is full of prospects, but light on stars with top-line pro potential.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Their results in 2025 have not been worthy of a top-line position.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Mikael Granlund is comfortable on the wing but was also the Sharks’ top-line center for much of the second half of last season.
    — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
  • The rationale: Most of the Broncos’ top-line players have seen big workloads already over the past week.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 14 Aug. 2025
  • But while the details might be revealing, the top-line numbers should be no surprise.
    — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Columbia Sportswear will spend more to reignite top-line growth.
    — Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Outside expects to turn a profit for the first time this year on over $100 million in top-line revenue, Thurston said.
    — Sara Fischer, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The top-line figure for the bill comes in at more than $50 billion, according to Shaheen’s office.
    — Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 1 Aug. 2025
  • The Kings also need production from Danault, top-line winger Quinton Byfield, and their third and fourth lines.
    — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Bennett brings more size to the fold and could play on the top-line wing or slot in as the second-line center and allow Marco Kasper to return to the top-line wing.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • The attack killed the group’s long-time leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and some of his top-line lieutenants.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
  • But for me, the most interesting story isn't in these top-line numbers.
    — Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • What's your top-line advice to gardeners new to Central Texas?
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • It’s stocked with equipment not offered in some competitors’ top-line trims.
    — James Raia, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Those top-line figures, however, don’t tell the whole story.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Despite Meyers’ growth as a top-line winger in the minors, his NHL game is tuned for maximum effort in short spurts.
    — Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 3 July 2024
  • The Ducks, who had a top-10 pick for a seventh straight year, see the 6-foot-5 McQueen as a raw talent who can develop into a top-line center.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
  • If people want to be best prepared for heat waves, the top-line temperature on the weather forecast doesn’t cut it.
    — Kylie Mohr, The Atlantic, 22 June 2024
  • Combine that with his ability to drive play and Hagel was starting to look like a core piece for the Lightning as a potential top-line threat.
    — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 29 July 2025
  • When top-line growth slows, competition over playlist slots and per-stream payouts only intensifies.
    — Jared Brenner, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025

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