top story

collocation in English

meaningsoftopandstory

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top
adjective[before noun]
uk
/tɒp/us
/tɑːp/
at the highest part ...
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story
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstɔː.ri/us
/ˈstɔːr.i/
a description, either true or imagined, of a connected series ...
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(Definition oftopandstoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thetopstoryis a one story pedimented temple.
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Windows are designed to take full advantage oftopstoryviews of surrounding area.
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This is evidenced in the increased incline of thetopstoryroof.
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In 1952, the house was modified by the removal of thetopstoryand towers.
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They have a three-storied structure, with thetopstoryreaching from 15 to 25 meters.
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Another belt course like the lower one sets off thetopstory.
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A 360-degree open-air roof deck lies on the 61st andtopstory.
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Thetopstoryincluded a museum, storage rooms, and bins for hybrid seeds and was used later for economics.
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Thetopstoryhas alternating round-arched windows and terra-cotta panels with decoration of classical derivation.
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The first two stories will house the restaurant and thetopstorythe hall of fame and the museum.
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He did not spare the mannerist details such as false windows on thetopstory, and highly decorated spandrels.
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Thetopstoryfeatures paired arched openings also surrounded with voussoirs and concludes in an elaborate copper cheneau.
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The 1886 earthquake badly damaged the tower andtopstoryof the main building, and these were subsequently removed.
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Pediments with dentils (square blocks) are centrally located on thetopstoryof the street-front facades.
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The anchor will then introduce themselves and the editor-on-duty, and move directly into thetopstoryand sports wrap-up.
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But fire destroyed much of the house in 1940, and thetopstorywas lost entirely, with much of their collection.
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Due to the steep hillside, the house has no cellar and thetopstoryis at ground level in the rear.
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The basement extends beneath the sidewalk and originally housed public baths, while the ground floor was used for offices and shops and thetopstoryfor living quarters.
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Although only voted third favourite story by the readers in issue 11, the girls were voted thetopstoryfor issue's 96, 116, 124 and 134.
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Thetopstoryof the building, just beneath the towers, has minimal ornamentation in the form of a series of engaged pilasters between blind brick walls.
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The faade was an unusually richly decorated one for the period, including both painted panels on thetopstory(of three), and much sculpture on the middle one.
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