as in pinnacle
the highest part or point
at the zenith of her career as a dancer
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Recent Examples of zenith
Mercury opens the week with a move from Leo to Virgo, boosting the sign of the season to the zenith of their power.
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Jennifer Culp, Them, 6 Sep. 2024
This unique color way evokes memories of classic dress and sports-chic watches from the 1960s, a period often regarded as the zenith of watch design.
—Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
In his sixth season at UConn, Hurley is at the zenith of his career, the top of the game, and in coaching, the mountaintop is where the footprints are permanent.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2024
Not that the spotlight in question shines all that brightly to begin with; most of the dozens of artists Nicolay spoke to work in commercially tenuous realms, such as indie rock or punk, in which a band like Sonic Youth represents the imagination’s zenith.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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Jennifer Culp, Them, 6 Sep. 2024
This unique color way evokes memories of classic dress and sports-chic watches from the 1960s, a period often regarded as the zenith of watch design.
—Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
In his sixth season at UConn, Hurley is at the zenith of his career, the top of the game, and in coaching, the mountaintop is where the footprints are permanent.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2024
Not that the spotlight in question shines all that brightly to begin with; most of the dozens of artists Nicolay spoke to work in commercially tenuous realms, such as indie rock or punk, in which a band like Sonic Youth represents the imagination’s zenith.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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His vision of Southern America, blasted by crime, poverty and inequality, has put him on Barack Obama’s annual reading list and at the pinnacle of contemporary Southern noir.Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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Wimbledon, which has always been the pinnacle of tennis, is lagging behind in that respect.Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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When combined with cloud ERP, business AI can bring decision-making, process optimization, and customer experiences to new heights.Peter Pluim, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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The building code has gradually acknowledged its existence but still limits its height to 85 feet (about eight stories).Justin Davidson, Curbed, 8 Jan. 2025
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The National Weather Service warned that the ongoing Santa Ana windstorm could be the most powerful in over a decade, with peak intensity expected in the early hours of Wednesday.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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After a series of headline-making performances — including at Coachella and Gov Ball 2024 — the 14-track project earned a new peak of No. 2 on the Billboard 200.Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 7 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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Income taxes, nonexistent seventeen years before, now at the minimum 25 percent at the top and as of eighteen months past Smoot Hawley, 63 percent.Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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The Refrigerator More than likely, no one had time during the holidays to clean and sanitize the inside and outside of the fridge, especially if holiday fun and hosting were at the top of the agenda.Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025
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The turn of the millennium is when vodka was at the apex of its cultural power.Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 4 Jan. 2025
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Workers at Ford famously mass-produced the lightweight Army Jeep, the Pygmy, and, at an apex of one per hour, the B-24 Liberator.Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Zenith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zenith. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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