AIGUILLE Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

aiguille

noun

Definition of aiguille

as in pinnacle

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Recent Examples of aiguille From here, the mountain, which had acquired a feminine pronoun during our hike, was broader and softer but also larger and surrounded by jagged aiguilles and compact glaciers. — Stephanie Danler, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2025

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Noun

That notion reached its pinnacle after the Chiefs beat the Bills 32-29 in the AFC Championship Game but was punctured by their 40-22 clobbering at the hands of the Eagles in Super Bowl LIX.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
These pioneers fully expected that machines would one day surpass humans—that AGI would become ASI, or artificial superintelligence—because there’s no reason to expect that humans are the pinnacle of intelligence.

— George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of pinnacle

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Thursday's summit could see some announcements on the two countries' goal of taking tariffs off $30 billion in noncritical goods, on financial services and agricultural purchases, Bessent said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
Earlier Wednesday, the first lady rang the bell at the New York Stock Exchange and spoke about women’s role in the global economy at IMPERIA, the first global summit for female CEOs and executives at the New York Stock Exchange.

— Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026

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Several defendants who pleaded guilty in the case and were at a mountaintop house on the night the Colombian commandos stormed Moïse’s private residence in the hills above Port-au-Prince testified about Badio’s presence.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026
In summer, those same helicopters can whisk you to a remote stream or high mountain lake to fly-fish for trout, or a mountaintop for yoga and meditation.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026

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