: on top of
Examples of atop in a Sentence
Preposition
The house sits atop a cliff overlooking the ocean.
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Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
Numerous people came out to park their cars to take pictures of the bunting being placed atop.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Orion spaceacraft to launch atop a Block 1 version of SLS rocket (with upper stage TBD) with four crew.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
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Adverb or adjective
Instead of bearing fishing poles, most have Soviet-era heavy machine guns bolted to their bows with a small rocket launcher atop.
—Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
Numerous people came out to park their cars to take pictures of the bunting being placed atop.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
Preposition
Emerging from boxing’s lower-weight divisions to a place atop eight separate weight classes—a feat no fighter in history has matched—Pacquiao’s story reads like folklore etched in sweat and sacrifice.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Orion spaceacraft to launch atop a Block 1 version of SLS rocket (with upper stage TBD) with four crew.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Atop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/atop. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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