top billing
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of top billing
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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So even though SpaceX gets top billing, Anthropic and OpenAI have fans, too.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
For Dupont, it means he has someone else to share top billing with in a national team that rivals its football counterpart for popularity and prominence in France.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
Latham & Watkins has said its top billing rate will exceed $3,000 an hour in 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
Ms. Weiss is somehow reportedly to share top billing with CBS News President Tom Cibrowski, a veteran of ABC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
The reports were getting to ATIC, but the green fireball activity was taking top billing and no comments went back to the Army about their little lights.
From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt
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