How to Use top-line in a Sentence

top-line

adjective
  • That could mean a big boom for the art and luxury markets’ top-line sales numbers in the years to come.
    Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The top-line results came within moments of the first tally of the state’s ballots.
    Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Give us the top-line number of the Republican field right now.
    CBS News, 11 June 2023
  • The strengthening of the U.S. Dollar also weighed on the overall top-line growth.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • For those reasons, a top-line starting pitcher is the main way the Orioles can make a splash at the deadline.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2023
  • The two sides began the strike far apart on key demands, including top-line pay.
    Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2023
  • But a glance at the top-line FBI numbers indicates that more is going on.
    Joshua Crawford, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The men’s college product is full of prospects, but light on stars with top-line pro potential.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
  • But while the details might be revealing, the top-line numbers should be no surprise.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The Kings also need production from Danault, top-line winger Quinton Byfield, and their third and fourth lines.
    Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2023
  • It’s stocked with equipment not offered in some competitors’ top-line trims.
    James Raia, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Those top-line figures, however, don’t tell the whole story.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023
  • So, even as consumers bought lesser beer, the top-line has shown an upward trajectory.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 29 Dec. 2023
  • His restrictive covenants would block a buyer who couldn’t afford a large house or top-line construction.
    Jeremy Lechtzin, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Johnson has abided by those spending amounts, though, and agreed with Schumer in January to a top-line spending figure — $1.7 trillion — for the rest of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30.
    Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
  • But that top-line take-away belies new trading patterns that show just how far countries are going to do business with allies.
    Peter Vanham, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2023
  • At a meeting Thursday morning, roughly a dozen hard-liners told Johnson to go back to Schumer with a new top-line spending number.
    Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Two, the Lakers’ roster started to put together some quality wins against top-line teams.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • During that time frame, Congress would work to write and pass appropriations bills at the top-line agreement between the two chambers of $1.66 billion.
    Reese Gorman, Washington Examiner, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Entire sections of Indiana’s defense have been remade by Tom Allen’s work in the portal, as have both top-line talent and depth at key skill positions.
    Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The top-line results released Tuesday were only from a Phase 1 study, which primarily focuses on a drug’s safety.
    Andrew Joseph, STAT, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Still, stronger-than-expected third-quarter revenues are likely to build confidence that top-line growth is sustainable, JPM says.
    WSJ, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Although the airline's top-line results have rebounded since then as travelers returned to the skies, its financial losses have swelled.
    Alain Sherter, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Analysts expected the business software giant to log higher top-line growth in the quarter ended Nov. 30.
    Denny Jacob, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2023
  • At the time, then-interim general manager Joe Will said the Sharks were committed to re-signing Hertl, a top-line center, instead of shopping him to other teams.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, came in above analyst earnings expectations, with top-line growth of 7%.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 July 2023
  • Heated Tobacco Unit shipment volume was up 6%, and combustible tobacco pricing was up 10%, driving the top-line growth.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Johnson made clear after agreeing to the $1.66 trillion top-line spending number with Schumer that Republicans would aim to keep the policy provisions the House has adopted.
    Jacob Bogage The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 12 Feb. 2024
  • When Disney reports earnings Wednesday, analysts expect tepid top-line growth, with revenue coming in just 3% higher for the third quarter.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The top-line numbers are that Biden’s proposal would raise taxes by $5.5 trillion and boost spending by $2.2 trillion over the next decade, as compared with the Congressional Budget Office baseline.
    The Editors, National Review, 10 Mar. 2023

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