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top ten
plural noun
the ten most popular songs, records, movies, etc., during a specific period.
the ten best or highest ranked persons, places, or items in a group or category.
adjective
pertaining to, constituting, or being among the top ten.
a top ten resort.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of top ten1
Example Sentences
Winging it is one way to put it - Mumba followed Gotta Tell You with more hits, including the Davie Bowie-sampling Body II Body; a debut album that entered the top ten in UK and Ireland; and a starring role in a Hollywood blockbuster The Time Machine with Guy Pierce.
Six of the UK's top-ten warmest years have occurred since 2014 and all of the top ten warmest years have occurred in the 21st century.
In the latest Online Nation report by UK regulator Ofcom, five of the top ten games among UK players were F2P.
Justice Samuel Alito noted in his dissent in the case that Top Ten Percent Plan students didn’t struggle academically; in fact, they received “higher college grades than the African-American and Hispanic students admitted under the race-conscious program.”
In the face of a circuit court ruling banning racial preferences in the 1990s, the state Legislature, working with Gov. George W. Bush, had created the Top Ten Percent Plan to admit students from across the state who graduated with the highest grades in their high school classes, coupled with consideration of economic status rather than race.
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