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as in pinnacle
the highest part or point
she reached the apex of fame, only to find it wasn't what she expected
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Recent Examples of apex
Hangman turned the chairs around back-to-back and hit a powerbomb at the apex of the chairs.
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
Linda Farrow is one of those brands that perennially seems to be at the swirling apex of fashion and pop culture.
—Alison S. Cohn, Vogue, 11 July 2025
The trend reached its apex with Ohtani, who agreed to defer 98 percent of his windfall until after his playing contract ends; the team is paying him just $2 million per season while using his celebrity to rake in untold millions through new sponsorships with Japanese companies.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 19 June 2025
At the same time, a seeming plague of serial murder was reaching an apex.
—Sarah Weinman, The Atlantic, 18 June 2025
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
Linda Farrow is one of those brands that perennially seems to be at the swirling apex of fashion and pop culture.
—Alison S. Cohn, Vogue, 11 July 2025
The trend reached its apex with Ohtani, who agreed to defer 98 percent of his windfall until after his playing contract ends; the team is paying him just $2 million per season while using his celebrity to rake in untold millions through new sponsorships with Japanese companies.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 19 June 2025
At the same time, a seeming plague of serial murder was reaching an apex.
—Sarah Weinman, The Atlantic, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apex
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However, instead of reaching their professional pinnacle of success, many of them have accrued 47% of the nation’s outstanding student loan debt.—
Colleen Batchelder,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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The experience gets even better with a group of friends, and reaches its pinnacle in the Florida Keys, where personal watercraft, thanks to their swiftness, agility, and minimal draft, are ideal vessels to explore the pristine, and often shallow waters.—
Jeremy Korzeniewski,
Robb Report,
12 July 2025
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Send ideas and tips to arlyssa.becenti@arizonarepublic.com.—
Arlyssa D. Becenti,
AZCentral.com,
21 July 2025
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Best Dressed Vogue Daily newsletter Get the latest fashion stories, style, and tips, handpicked for you, every day.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
20 July 2025
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Some shows in the U.S. later in the year might be about the zenith of anything that anybody ever imagined really.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
16 July 2025
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More than 100 years after the Italian composer reached the zenith of his theatrical powers, Puccini still pries open the human heart with his intense — and intensely orchestrated — music.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Wakefern is offering two for $9 through July 20, followed by two for $10 deals through the end of July.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
21 July 2025
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Some physicists hold out hope that the dead ends do somehow go away.—
Charlie Wood,
Wired News,
20 July 2025
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Detmers came in to face the top of the order and beaned Brandon Nimmo to load the bases for Francisco Lindor, who beat out a double play to score Alvarez, and stole second to put runners on second and third.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
22 July 2025
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That sense of positivity was further built during Euro qualifying earlier this year, as Italy finished top of their group ahead of the Netherlands, who won the competition in 2017.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
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Danielle Scott, a legally blind Afro-Cuban, Polish-Jewish, and Asian mixed-media artist at the cusp of international fame, risks her own well-being by exposing herself to the intergenerational trauma of the Atlantic Slave Trade.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
7 May 2025
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That journey, which has already seen the top pick of the 2021 draft endure a major injury and historic losing, earn an All-Star bid and lift the Detroit Pistons back to the playoffs, led him to the cusp of his defining moment.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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That said, every year that goes by, their anxiety reaches new heights.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
20 July 2025
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Bardo later recalled Schaeffer writing back, and his obsession reached new heights.—
Alex Gurley,
People.com,
18 July 2025
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The project’s peak cost was estimated to be over $60 million for the first phase.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
31 July 2025
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What time will the August full moon peak in Nashville?—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
31 July 2025
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“Apex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apex. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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