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copestone

noun

Definition of copestone

as in high-water mark

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Noun

In December, Texas had just over a million job openings, a high-water mark it’s been hovering around for several months.

— Mitchell Schnurman, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
With the swearing-in of Jennifer McClellan as the first Black woman to represent Virginia on Tuesday, the House now has 28 Black women in its ranks, a new high-water mark, but the Senate has none.

— Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2023

Definition of high-water mark

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By Christmas it had been canonized as the pinnacle of ‘sad girl lit’ with Martha taking her place in that post-Fleabag lineage of fractured female characters.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Researchers told me that many Democrats believe that the pinnacle of achievement is having a good education and a fruitful career.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of pinnacle

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The Life of a Showgirl, which dropped in the fall of 2025 and immediately soared to the summit with the largest opening figure of all time, became her milestone fifteenth champion.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Trump has also failed to hold the annual summits of the Quad, raising doubts that the United States is committed to that security partnership and to preventing Chinese dominance across Asia.

— C. Raja Mohan, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of summit

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Teams jostled for position on the wide road as the kilometers slipped by, with UAE Emirates XRG, Visma-Lease a Bike, Lidl-Trek, Groupama-FDJ United and Netcompany Ineos all getting their leaders to the front for the grand finale to come.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
But most critics have seen up to seven out of eight episodes of the series, the final one being held as some sort of grand finale with big reveals, presumably.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of grand finale

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While mega-cap pharma companies typically look to invest in assets that offer peak sales in the billions of dollars, Gayer has smaller targets in mind.

— Brad Quick, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Up to half of the more than 200,000 mountain glaciers — vast, slow moving rivers of ice that creep across the world’s peaks — are expected to disappear by the end of this century, even if ambitious climate goals are met.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of peak

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Tottenham were outfought and outplayed by a Brentford side who, after an outstanding season last year, may have hit a new apex.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Beyond the bravado of going as fast as possible, Macleod teaches precision, beginning with how brake pressure shifts a car’s weight and sets up a corner long before the apex.

— Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of apex

Noun

The players either dramatically make or subtly avoid eye contact with one another as the song builds to an epic crescendo, complete with eerie chanting, orchestral bombast, and booming timpani drums.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026
Equal parts fantastic and frenetic, Northern California’s annual Monterey Car Week comes to a crescendo with Sunday’s storied Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of crescendo

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