top billing
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of top billing
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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I may be wrong about this, I didn’t have a stopwatch, but Ms. Hynes does receive top billing over Ms. Purvis in each episode’s opening credits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Limp Bizkit are Friday's headliners, Guns N' Roses are the top billing on Saturday and Linkin Park will close out the festival on Sunday.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
If Wall Street were Hollywood, SpaceX’s initial public offering would get top billing.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 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
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 Ruppelt, Edward J.
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