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
  • Anne Hathaway Anne Hathaway supported Digger on Letterboxd, giving the movie five stars and the crowning achievement of being her first review ever.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
  • President Nelson Mandela presented the trophy to the home captain, Francois Pienaar, the crowning moment of a story that Clint Eastwood made into a Hollywood film, Invictus, in 2009.
    — Daniel Gallan, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of crowning
Adjective
  • His apocalyptic sermons taught that his followers and their children should starve themselves to death to get into heaven before the end of the world, per Reuters.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2026
  • But this post-apocalyptic drama turns out to be actually a play, being acted out on a technologically complex stage.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 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
  • That was our climactic sort of reveal at the very end of that one.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Mundy pointed out action scenes in previous episodes provided plenty of pyrotechnics, including a climactic brawl between Hal and John in Episode 5.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of climactic
Adjective
  • The View From Midland Despite the year’s geopolitical turmoil, there’s a newfound sense of economic stability in Midland that, for the first time in the city’s history, doesn’t seem to depend on sustained high oil prices.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Another was that lower government spending for public health programs was leading to higher costs for private sector plans.
    — Alana Semuels, Time, 22 Oct. 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
  • That process included the NFL's chief medical doctor having Hurts seen at the Cleveland Clinic in London on that fateful Saturday before the game against Jacksonville.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • After an eventful night at the fair – 11-year-old Alistair Lehto grew a giant that hit 1,815 pounds, earning him $500 and the title of Youth Grower of the Year – the fateful time finally arrives.
    — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of fateful
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