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as in highest
being at a point or level higher than all others
his kite got tangled in the topmost branches of the tree
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Recent Examples of topmost
Far above, and many miles away, a thin strip of white cloaked the topmost pinnacles of Mogollon Baldy — all that remained of the season’s first snow.
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Percy Brown, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2025
Just five months earlier, Gaber, an animal chiropractor, had run her hands along Bear’s fur, adjusting the animal’s atlas vertebrae, the topmost vertebrae in the cervical spine.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
The evaluations usually include scoring the AI responses for correctness (topmost priority) and possibly also scoring for quality and reasoning.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Behind the scenes, DEI staff also offer trainings to museum staff and trustees, and offer pathways for diversifying institutional workforces, which in the US have historically skewed white, both at the topmost levels and in the ranks beneath them.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 30 Jan. 2025
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Percy Brown, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2025
Just five months earlier, Gaber, an animal chiropractor, had run her hands along Bear’s fur, adjusting the animal’s atlas vertebrae, the topmost vertebrae in the cervical spine.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
The evaluations usually include scoring the AI responses for correctness (topmost priority) and possibly also scoring for quality and reasoning.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Behind the scenes, DEI staff also offer trainings to museum staff and trustees, and offer pathways for diversifying institutional workforces, which in the US have historically skewed white, both at the topmost levels and in the ranks beneath them.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for topmost
Adjective
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Ter Stegen had a good season a few years ago, but he hardly is considered a top GK that makes the saves the team needs to win those games that are close in the CL.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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An invitation to the dinner was openly sold with the top 220 holders being invited.—
Tom Jurkowsky,
Baltimore Sun,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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There is also third-party certification used to verify that materials are truly of the utmost quality.—
Julia Forbes,
Wired News,
13 June 2025
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Anjelica Huston as Eleanor Zissou in The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou With a blue streak in her hair and a piercing glare for her estranged husband, Huston plays Eleanor Zissou with utmost coolness.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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Testing something new meant undergoing an upper endoscopy, an invasive and uncomfortable process that made trying foods feel more like a chore than a pleasure.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
14 June 2025
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The May 6 attempt was scrubbed two hours before liftoff because of valve on ULA’s upper Centaur stage that teams continue to investigate.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2025
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“Topmost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topmost. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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