top-heavy

Example Sentences

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Worried that the red-hot artificial-intelligence trade has made the U.S. market too top-heavy?

From MarketWatch • Jul. 7, 2026

The reason for the discrepancy is that, over the past few years, the S&P 500 has become increasingly top-heavy as shares of the largest companies pulled ahead.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 27, 2026

Another top-heavy group led by Germany, a four-time World Cup champion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Europe needs such workers—and their income—to prop up a pension system so top-heavy that French retirees now outearn working age adults, according to the Luxembourg Income Study, a research agency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

I could see where he got his boxy, top-heavy shape, and I imagined my own body starting to do the same.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer