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shag carpeting reached the apogee of its popularity in the 1970s but is now considered outdated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
Full moons that coincide with apogee are known as micromoons — the opposite of a supermoon — and appear about 12-14% smaller and dimmer than average.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
May's second full moon will occur just before apogee, the point at which the moon is farthest from Earth, according to Old Farmer's Almanac.
—Mariyam Muhammad, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
With the greatest opening day crowd in the history of Atlanta and the Southern league cheering in a mad, thunderous crescendo, the Atlanta Crackers reached something approaching an apogee of playing perfection yesterday to turn back the Knoxville Smokies, 9 to 0.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Apr. 2026
In the realm of Louisiana cooking, gumbo is the original apogee.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2026
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
May's second full moon will occur just before apogee, the point at which the moon is farthest from Earth, according to Old Farmer's Almanac.
—Mariyam Muhammad, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
With the greatest opening day crowd in the history of Atlanta and the Southern league cheering in a mad, thunderous crescendo, the Atlanta Crackers reached something approaching an apogee of playing perfection yesterday to turn back the Knoxville Smokies, 9 to 0.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Apr. 2026
In the realm of Louisiana cooking, gumbo is the original apogee.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apogee
Noun
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George Clinton took it to its zenith.—
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson,
VIBE.com,
7 June 2026
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Now, imagine if those teams outside the top 14 still had a shot at the CFP just as the season reaches its zenith.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
Noun
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What does is that someone like Brind’Amour, who helped lift a struggling team up to the pinnacle of the sport — twice now — enters the Hall, where the sport’s greatest stories belong.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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Under his leadership, the bank was cleared of more than a dozen regulatory actions, with the asset cap removal the pinnacle.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
Noun
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The culmination of the event saw people filtering into the shore to create a circle of colorful surfboards dotted with flowers to toss into the ocean to honor ancestors, invoke healing and celebrate the relationship between Black people and the ocean.—
Gabrielle Gillette,
Mercury News,
23 June 2026
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This achievement is the culmination of over 605,000 man-hours of work to remove century-old constraints that no longer matched the competitive realities of modern trade.—
Wes Moore,
Baltimore Sun,
22 June 2026
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The Knicks at the height of the celebrations Thursday.—
Amina Kilpatrick,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
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The book's cover features a photo of Collin and Kate that appears to be taken during the height of Jon & Kate Plus 8's popularity.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
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Jaehaerys reigned over the Seven Kingdoms for nearly 60 years during a time of peace and prosperity at the peak of the Targaryen dynasty.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
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For fans who’ve followed Sudwerk through the rise, peak and current contraction of American craft beer, the move may be bittersweet but not exactly shocking.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
21 June 2026
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In only the first minute of this match Morocco has scored after Ismael Saibari found space behind the Scottish defense and sent the ball into the top of the net.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
20 June 2026
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In the top of the first inning, Rangers catcher Elias Diaz pointed at first base thinking there would be a first-base umpire, when the umpire was in the middle of the diamond.—
Cal Phillips
June 19,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 June 2026
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The Crips and Bloods reached the apex of their Stockton influence in the 1980s and 1990s, Washington recalled, as the concept of fast money dawned along with the crack cocaine epidemic.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
21 June 2026
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The great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, is widely regarded as the ocean’s apex predator.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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“Apogee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apogee. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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