- present tense form of top (3rd person singular).
tops
Example Sentences
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There was a palpable kindness that emanated throughout, as though every employee was working in her honor, whether performing in a show alongside her blood relatives or selling bedazzled tank tops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
But on average, across all bull-market tops, rates were only modestly higher on the day of the top than in prior weeks and months.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Defense Department’s budget tops $1 trillion, the largest sum ever, even allowing for inflation.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
It tops the £17.5m paid by Ipswich Town a year ago to sign Norway forward Sindre Walle Egeli.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
When we pay, the cashier smiles at us in our identical tops.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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