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shag carpeting reached the apogee of its popularity in the 1970s but is now considered outdated
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Recent Examples of apogee
The crew’s apogee — or farthest point from Earth — made two crew members the first women ever to fly so far from our planet.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
Where the Gemini reached an altitude of 853 miles (1,373 km), Polaris Dawn had an apogee of 875 miles (1,408 km).
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2024
The crew of the Polaris Dawn mission, led by a billionaire pilot named Jared Isaacman, were injected into an orbit intended to reach an apogee of 1,200 km and a perigee of 190 km.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2024
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.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2024
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
Where the Gemini reached an altitude of 853 miles (1,373 km), Polaris Dawn had an apogee of 875 miles (1,408 km).
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2024
The crew of the Polaris Dawn mission, led by a billionaire pilot named Jared Isaacman, were injected into an orbit intended to reach an apogee of 1,200 km and a perigee of 190 km.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2024
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.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apogee
Noun
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John Ashton, the actor who reached a career zenith as detective John Taggart in the Beverly Hills Cop film franchise, died at his Fort Collins, Colorado home on Friday after a battle with cancer.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
29 Sep. 2024
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The best way to hold monoculars steady is to use two hands – one in front of the other – and use gravity when observing something at the zenith, allowing your eye socket to gently support their weight.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
9 Jan. 2025
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In some ways, saber teeth represent an evolutionary pinnacle, the optimal design for a canine tooth to puncture prey, says Rayfield.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
21 Jan. 2025
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For 2025, the VW Tiguan, which has been the company’s top selling model since it was redesigned in 2018 to align with the Atlas, serves as a pinnacle of all those ideas and then, takes them a step further with true luxury features and an even more elevated, refined style inside and out.—
Scotty Reiss,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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The 2 back-to-back January actions are the culmination of Biden Administration antitrust enforcement efforts to place far greater emphasis on potential harm to labor interests, in addition to the traditional antitrust concern with promoting consumer welfare.—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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The video was inspired by the Resurrection City encampment that was the culmination of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1968 Poor People’s Campaign and held on the National Mall that is steps away from the museum.—
Roger Catlin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
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Scores of other active projects would be discussed in other meetings, on other days—including museum spaces in Bilbao, Madrid, and San Diego, and a proposal for a tower in Riyadh that, at a height of two kilometres, would be more than twice as tall as any building ever built.—
Ian Parker,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Quite frankly, Moicano is far from being at Makhachev’s lofty height.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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Those turns on the throne have not been in a row, but rather spread across a number of years, as the smash surges back to the peak every holiday season.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Redfin says investor demand has dropped from the 2022 peaks, and in-migration has plunged by 79 percent compared to pandemic levels.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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This year’s list lacks some of the sizzle of last year’s, even if several of the guys at the top of it ended up elsewhere.—
Joseph Person,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Unfortunately, as tends to happen with private-detective work, my quotidian marital investigation has inadvertently led me to uncover a larger conspiracy that goes all the way to the top.—
Graham Techler,
The New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2025
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If that moment, following a victory over the Green Bay Packers, was the apex of his season, Monday night’s performance was the bottom.—
Alec Lewis,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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Mark King, reached the apex of their popularity with this album, which was a commercial smash in their native country.—
David Chiu,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Apogee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apogee. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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