top
noun
has been topping
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present perfect progressiveof top (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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While Korean pop has been topping the U.S. album chart since 2018, it had never hooked Pine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
Reeves also used her speech to criticise Reform UK, which has been topping opinion polls for several months, despite having only five MPs.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
The "Shiny Happy People" docuseries – about the political and religious movement that's behind America's favorite Quiverfull family, the Duggars – has been topping Prime Video since its release.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2023
Minimum-wage workers in more than a dozen states and even more U.S. cities are about to get a substantial raise, thanks to the surging U.S. inflation rate that has been topping 40-year highs.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
In recent weeks, CNN has been topping its cable news competition with "Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery," in which scientific and archaeological methods are used to examine physical evidence of Christ's existence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2015
