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
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They had experienced only seven seasons in Division Two when they were promoted to the top flight for the first time in 1979.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
It kept them in the top flight, allowing them to make a fresh start for this campaign.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 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
Sunderland have also signed defenders Thomas Meunier and Dayann Methalie, and midfielder Jules Ahoka, this summer after finishing seventh in their first season back in the top flight.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
We were looking at him over the banisters until he started to come up, and according as he came up, we went on up the top flight.
From Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Martin Ross
The manner of the defeat - Arsenal's heaviest in a season where they were the reigning top-flight champions since 1989 - will also offer hope to their title rivals that they are not invincible.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Unlike the other managers I have mentioned, they have no experience of the Premier League but they are all joining established top-flight sides which is a huge help.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Floyd is the son of former Blackburn and QPR defender Christopher, who played 171 top-flight matches for those two sides, as well as a further 12 in the Championship with Aston Villa.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
If history is anything to go by, the Tigers may already have gone a long way towards securing their most important objective of the 2025-26 season - preserving their top-flight status.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 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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