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as in ridge
the line formed when two sloping surfaces come together along their topmost edge the hiking party reached the crest of the mountain just as it began to thunder

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crest

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verb

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Noun
As the owner of about 48% of LVMH, Arnault’s wealth has fluctuated with the crests and troughs in the company’s sales over the years. Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 26 Sep. 2024 Traditional school motifs like crests, letterman patches, argyle and houndstooth underscore the autumnal theme. Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 23 Sep. 2024
Verb
The anticipated peak of Solar Cycle 25, the sun’s 11-year solar cycle which is expected to crest somewhere between late 2024 and early 2026, has led to an increase in solar activity over the past few months. Sara Dorn, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024 The Swannanoa River crested at Biltmore Village at 26.1 feet, well over the flood stage of 10 feet and breaking the record of 20.7 feet set in the Great Flood of 1916. Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for crest 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crest
Noun
  • 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
  • Essentially, ‘just refill’ is encouraging consumers to reuse and refill because reusability is the pinnacle of sustainability.
    Simon Mainwaring, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The prevailing wind brings scent from over the top of the ridge.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 22 Nov. 2024
  • These ridges are thought to have formed when minerals from Mount Sharp's final pulses of water crystallized within fractures in surface rock.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • That same year, wage growth peaked at 9.3%, according to data from Indeed.
    Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Harris erased Trump’s lead over Biden since announcing her candidacy on July 21, though her edge has decreased over the past two months, peaking at 3.7 points in late August, according to FiveThirtyEight’s weighted polling average.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The seams are covered on the top and bottom, so there’s no irritation.
    Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2024
  • 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
Verb
  • And recent data shows that interest in these products is surging.
    Justin Klawans, The Week US, theweek, 20 Nov. 2024
  • On the day after the election, the S&P 500 was up 2.5 percent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 3.6%, the NASDAQ Composite gained 2.95%, and the Russell 2000 index of small company stocks surged 5.8%.
    Jill Schlesinger, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Our Questions About the First Time Ash Died 25 years ago, Pokémon: The First Movie took Ash Ketchum to new heights (and killed him).
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • However, despite significant efforts to end homelessness like spending $24 billion over the past 5 years, there haven’t been any signs that homelessness is decreasing in California but increasing instead to new heights.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Crest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crest. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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