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shag carpeting reached the apogee of its popularity in the 1970s but is now considered outdated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 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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apogee
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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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Today, even if her commercial power has waned from its 2019-2020 zenith, Grande has found a level of consistency amongst her cultural ubiquity.Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
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Essentially, ‘just refill’ is encouraging consumers to reuse and refill because reusability is the pinnacle of sustainability.Simon Mainwaring, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Regency era dates back to the early 1800s in England and was the pinnacle of high society, extravagance, and strict etiquette.Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2024
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On the other end is Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who is arguing that releasing the report — which is the culmination of a roughly three-year investigation — could damage the House since the panel would be in the rare, but not unprecedented, situation of publishing information on a former member.Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2024
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Jessi, a disgruntled gringa, wishes to run off with Gustavo and take her children with her, setting in motion the film’s fiery culmination.Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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The Fix: Stick To The Numbers The right shelf height, Basley says, is 14- to 16-inches tall.Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
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This luxury is set to be taken to new heights on British Airways superjumbos, as the airline just unveiled a fresh design for its first class airplane seat, set to launch on BA’s A380 planes in 2026.Francesca Street, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
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Crookes And Jackson Stretching from the Rift Valley to the slopes of Mount Kenya, the vast Laikipia Plateau is a compelling alternative to the Masai Mara—where overcrowding can impact the wilderness experience, especially during the peak of the migration.Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Nov. 2024
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At the peak of their growth, the crazy ant supercolony covered up to 25% of the island.Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Lower corporate taxes, and big new tariffs Cutting corporate tax rates is also at the top of Trump’s agenda.Tribune News Service, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024
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The seams are covered on the top and bottom, so there’s no irritation.Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2024
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At the film’s apex, tensions arise when Chris’s mother, Chungsing (Chen), pleads with her son to make better life choices.Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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If the pass by Jayden Daniels came down a couple of inches lower at the apex of the group leap, Stevenson might have batted it down instead of tipping it straight to the wide-open Noah Brown in the end zone.Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Apogee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apogee. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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