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topper

[top-er] / ˈtɒp ər /


NOUN
opera hat
Synonyms


NOUN
top hat
Synonyms




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Wet Wet Wet topped the charts in 1994 for 15 weeks with Love Is All Around, external and was previously the longest-running British chart topper.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

I briefly consider breakfast-for-dinner — biscuits and eggs are always tempting — but land instead on a skillet chicken pot pie: chicken, frozen vegetables, cream, and biscuits as the topper.

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: Find the best mattress topper for your sleep situation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

Serious crab keepers install a second story to their tank, called a topper, that functions as a playground.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025

A stained mattress topper, feathers spilling from its torn edge.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

These types of initial roundups, dubbed "toppers" in White House press lingo, are usually followed by a long question-and-answer session in the packed room -- often extending to dozens of questions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Cooling mattress toppers and bedding that use water or phase change materials may also help.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

In music, we’ve seen chart toppers from artists such as Sabrina Carpenter, Lil Nas X, and Sam Smith and Kim Petras play with occult imagery.

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2026

But none of the hats worn by the prolific creator are as iconic — to a certain segment of the music-loving public — as the bespoke red plastic “energy dome” toppers donned by Devo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

We men run to purple ties this year, quite a plucky contrast to our regulation toppers, black coats and sober tweed trousers.

From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by W. G. (William Gordon) Burn Murdoch


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