- present tense form of top (3rd person singular).
tops
Example Sentences
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The residents of Drop City, a Colorado artists’ community, built domes from the curved steel tops of salvaged cars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Tree topping — where whole tops of trees or large branches are reduced to stubs — is also harmful for trees, according to Lancaster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Fully edible, with roots and leafy tops both used in cooking.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
That tops all 10 commercial property sectors and is more than double the increase in overall commercial real-estate prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
And it was too little, too late: At around 9:00, the water in the reactor sank below the tops of the fuel rods.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
