- present tense form of top (3rd person singular).
tops
Example Sentences
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Actor and writer Stephen Fry's "The Odyssey" currently tops the history bestsellers on Amazon's UK website.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The defining question for AI in this era won’t be who tops the leader board for usage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
With the house paid off in full, White said he currently pays about $600 a month in rent — in a county where the median monthly housing cost tops $2,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
"Think of this warming as moving north and uphill," Kendon explains, highlighting that the UK is losing the coldest habitats from the tops of mountains.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
I was swaying in the crown of my tree, able to see the tops of all the other ones below me.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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