top dollar
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Now visitors organize their trips around big-ticket events—and pay top dollar for everything else while they are in town.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Sam commanded top dollar as an Olympic-licensed property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
Die-hards are paying top dollar while the rest of the country rarely goes to the theater and gets most of their entertainment from Netflix, YouTube and TikTok.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
But the Padres sale indicates that buyers are willing to pay top dollar for baseball clubs even with a strike threat.
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
Some of his former patients were extremely angry because they had paid good money, top dollar for "real" medicines, but were given only flour and water.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve
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