as in pinnacles
the highest part or point
a new movie that some enthusiastic reviewers are already calling the summit of cinematic achievement
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Noun
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Comments Winning an Oscar is considered one of the pinnacles of an actor's career.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
EW.com,
1 Mar. 2025 -
The dogs danced excitedly beneath, and their howls and yelps reverberated up to us from the volcanic pinnacles that rose from the slope.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
13 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Alex Warren ascends to his first Global Excl.—
Gary Trust,
Billboard,
31 Mar. 2025
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The trail contours around slopes thick with aspen and wildflowers, passes through forests rife with conifers and chanterelles, plunges across creeks and rivers, skirts crystalline lakes, and ascends a handful of high mountain passes.—
Shawnté Salabert,
Outside Online,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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One of the stranger traditions at Bills tailgate parties involves fans leaping from considerable heights — say the roof of an SUV — and doing a belly-flop onto a folding table that doesn’t stand a chance.—
Sam Farmer,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Numerous attempts to break to new heights were repelled, pushing the price back to previous support levels.—
David Keller,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Summits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summits. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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