apogean

adjective

Definition of apogeannext
as in highest

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  1. meridian
  2. crowning
  3. apocalyptic
  4. apical
  5. climactic
  6. high
  7. climacteric
  8. fateful
Adjective
  • Back treatments address muscle tension while clearing meridian blockages.
    — Pooja Shah, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Definition of meridian
Adjective
  • Putting him on the almighty dollar would be the crowning achievement of these efforts.
    — Jacques Hymans, Washington Post, 20 July 2026
  • But a turn of the tide began to look inevitable, and Harry Kane produced his crowning moment in an England shirt.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of crowning
Adjective
  • The migrants were never going to be able to reach the mainland EU, but that fact was irrelevant to hard-right, anti-migrant politicians around the world who portrayed the incident in apocalyptic terms.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The book’s post-apocalyptic setting ennobles its meditations on selfhood and finitude; the narrator’s search for perpetuity is lent an unshakable gravity by her circumstances.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of apocalyptic
Adjective
  • Within hours, the wound epidermis becomes innervated by nearby nerve fibers, forming what biologists call the apical epidermal cap.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
  • Connections made via apical synapses seemed to be strengthened by movement information more than those made via basal synapses.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025
Definition of apical
Adjective
  • Don’t miss Raja, a heart-pumping tube slide with a 37-foot drop as its climactic finish.
    — Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026
  • Part 1 is expected to culminate with the abduction itself, leaving the rescue campaign and the climactic battle for Part 2.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 July 2026
Definition of climactic
Adjective
  • The report notes the area is known by detectives to be a high crime area with multiple stray dogs and wandering drug users.
    — Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The 2026 World Cup can be a catalyst to boost it to an even higher orbit.
    — Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of high
Adjective
  • Keeping high-ethylene producers away from climacteric fruits can keep them from ripening too quickly.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 15 July 2025
  • For this reader, roughly the same age as Sam Raymond, there is uncommon pleasure in the paradoxes of this climacteric tale.
    — Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
Definition of climacteric
Adjective
  • Chloe Cheek pitched well through four innings, allowing just one hit, before the fateful fifth inning.
    — Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The most fateful night of my protagonist’s life—the night when her childhood best friend disappears on a black-sand beach—leaves her with a distorted recollection of what really happened.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of fateful
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