as in zenith
the highest part or point
shag carpeting reached the apogee of its popularity in the 1970s but is now considered outdated
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The mission’s apogee, or farthest point from the Earth, will be 870 miles, 17 miles higher than the 1966 record for non-lunar spaceflights.
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Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2024
Those are some extreme shifts in pressure and heat, but the whiskey spent just 94 minutes at apogee over the course of its nearly five hour trip.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2024
Born from a public service advertising campaign, Smokey has achieved his pop culture apogee by association with Bambi in the Disney animation multiverse since the 1960s.
—Christopher Roos, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
The number of initiatives facing voters in each election cycle continued to climb, reaching an apogee of 70 in the first decade of this century before declining a bit to 51 in the 2010s.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024
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Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2024
Those are some extreme shifts in pressure and heat, but the whiskey spent just 94 minutes at apogee over the course of its nearly five hour trip.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2024
Born from a public service advertising campaign, Smokey has achieved his pop culture apogee by association with Bambi in the Disney animation multiverse since the 1960s.
—Christopher Roos, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
The number of initiatives facing voters in each election cycle continued to climb, reaching an apogee of 70 in the first decade of this century before declining a bit to 51 in the 2010s.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024
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