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Definition of "top-ranking" [top-ranking]

  • Of the highest rank (adjective)

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Use "top-ranking" in a sentence
  • "That said, the potential appointment of someone who was sour on the major elements of the president's domestic legislation to the top-ranking presidential position creates some uncomfortable optics."
  • "Mr. Hwang, the top-ranking defector, may have suffered a heart attack, some local media reported."
  • "Sen. Saxby Chambliss, of Georgia, the top-ranking Republican on the Senate's agriculture committee, says he expects some Republicans and Democrats to target farm subsidies for cuts."