1
as in mountain
an elevation of land higher than a hill
the nearest peak worth climbing is hundreds of miles away
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2
as in pinnacle
the highest part or point
a pop singer at the peak of her career
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as in to surge
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Recent Examples of peak
John Seabrook
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
If faced with an online permit-portal for a peak, people may instead choose to scale a mountain next door, displacing their damage.
—Sarah Scoles, JSTOR Daily, 11 June 2025
Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 June 2025
The temperature in Madisonville peaked at 92 degrees during the time the child was left in the car and the heat index was as high as 104 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 10 June 2025
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Noun
At its peak, in the mid-1950s, Seabrook Farms owned or controlled fifty thousand acres in the southwestern corner of the Garden State, employed up to eight thousand people or more at one time, and grew and packed about a third of the nation’s frozen vegetables.
—John Seabrook
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
If faced with an online permit-portal for a peak, people may instead choose to scale a mountain next door, displacing their damage.
—Sarah Scoles, JSTOR Daily, 11 June 2025
Verb
The full moon, which appeared in hues of orange and red, peaked around 3:44 a.m.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 June 2025
The temperature in Madisonville peaked at 92 degrees during the time the child was left in the car and the heat index was as high as 104 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peak
Noun
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Fast-forward to Paradise, where a dystopian community has been built beneath a mountain in Colorado in preparation for an apocalyptic disaster.—
Hilton Dresden,
HollywoodReporter,
7 June 2025
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The Darjeeling Limited underscores the folly of these men riding the rails with mountains of literal and metaphorical baggage in tow, and how the country humbles them before any healing can begin.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
7 June 2025
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The new Compton High School, which will open this fall, stands as a pinnacle example: Teachers will not have their own classrooms — but will conduct classes in various spaces depending on topic and availability.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2025
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To most, the rivalry matchup with the Padres was the pinnacle of the postseason.—
Valentina Martinez,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 June 2025
Noun
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The canvas brims with characters who casually kill but also love, laugh, quarrel.—
Anupama Chopra,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2025
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Each piece brims with sharp wit, sparkling intelligence, and sentences that are a master class in style.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2025
Verb
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Guyanese officials say cross-border incursions have surged since 2022, with some frontier zones effectively under the control of foreign criminal networks.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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The share of total minutes recorded for players 6-foot-3 or shorter had been falling for a while—from 23% to 18% between 2008-09 to 2018-19—but momentarily surged up to 22% because of the change in height measurement.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
6 June 2025
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Over the course of a year, the true sun will move a distance in the sky equal to twice Earth’s tilt, or about 47 degrees (compared with the 90-degree angle from the horizon to the zenith, directly overhead).—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
5 June 2025
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The red giant star Arcturus can also be found shining high above the moon close to the zenith (the point in the sky directly above an observer) on the night of June 5, while Mars will be visible in the west as a red point of light close to the kingly star Regulus, in the constellation Leo.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
5 June 2025
Verb
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Speaking to journalists in March, Mark Bullingham, who replaced Glenn as CEO in 2019, explained how the FA had used the pre-grown pitches and increased major-event cap to grow Wembley’s revenues.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Whether that caution slows adoption or increases security maturity remains to be seen, but the message is unambiguous: the era of unchecked AI optimism in federal cybersecurity is over.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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For the past four years, a fleet of drone vessels has purposefully steered into the heart of hurricanes to gather information on a storm’s wind speeds, wave heights and, critically, the complex transfer of heat and moisture between the ocean and the air right above it.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025
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The attack comes as tensions have reached new heights over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.—
Jon Gambrell,
Christian Science Monitor,
13 June 2025
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Chicken The national average crested above $2 per pound for fresh, whole chicken for the first time last year and hit a record high of $2.08 in November.—
Claire Malon,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Hughes logged huge minutes throughout the contest, cresting 25 total minutes played before overtime even began.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Peak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peak. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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