top flight
noun
the highest or most outstanding level, as in achievement or development.
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top-flightadjectiveof superior or excellent quality; outstanding
top flight
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She played in every Women’s Super League match for London City last season as they finished sixth in their debut campaign in the top flight.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
So maybe it is not surprising then that in the compilation of the 20 most expensive transfers completed that only six were not to clubs in the English top flight.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
BBC Sport has counted every permanent transfer and loan between Premier League clubs since the summer of 2022, restricting the analysis to the 15 sides who have been in the top flight throughout that period.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Lampard said that his side will have to adapt to the different challenge this season after entering the top flight, especially defensively.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
When he turned to call, she was half way down the top flight of stairs, racing through the powder smoke toward the landing below.
From Truxton King A Story of Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon
Dominic Calvert-Lewin, whose three top-flight goals so far this season have helped Leeds United go third in the Premier League, is also included.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
But the academy product only had 25 minutes of top-flight football before this season so expectations must be managed.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Andoni Iraola was appointed this summer as Slot's successor and, after using Mac Allister as a substitute in the top-flight opener at Newcastle, has started him in the past two games.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Villa took five games to score their first top-flight goal last season before ending the campaign triumphant, winning the Europa League in Istanbul.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Eric, by now a full-time employee at Andersen, thought he might like a computing school; the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign had a top-flight one.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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