top-heavy

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Europe needs such workers—and their income—to prop up a pension system so top-heavy that French retirees now outearn working age adults, according to the Luxembourg Income Study, a research agency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Investors are worried that the enthusiasm around artificial intelligence has propelled the S&P 500 to a series of record highs this year that have left it both richly valued and extremely top-heavy.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 8, 2025

Investment, he said, needed to be in "the right places" not "top-heavy organisations".

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

If he can revert back to being a near .300 hitter, it could significantly help lengthen a sometimes top-heavy lineup.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025

Not surprisingly, as civil rights advocates converted a grassroots movement into a legal campaign, and as civil rights leaders became political insiders, many civil rights organizations became top-heavy with lawyers.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander