topline
adjective
so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like.
topliner
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a word derived from
topline.
Example Sentences
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In his own music, he often multitracks his trumpet and French horn into a supportive brass choir, as he does in “More and More,” a collaboration with Edie Brickell as a topliner.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
Like any other quality pop topliner, Greenspan would start with a wordless vocal melody, one that’d exist as near-gibberish before he’d start stumbling onto key phrases.
From The Verge ● Feb. 4, 2016
So why not Danny DeVito as the topliner of the highly liked summer hit Ruthless People?
From Time Magazine Archive
"I always thought Ralston was cast for a topliner," continued the hostess, as he modestly evaded their congratulations.
From Mortmain by Arthur Cheny Train
Must be some kind of a war on the slate, or Old Hickory'd never called for a topliner like George Wesley Jones to come on the carpet.
From On With Torchy by Foster Lincoln
