Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for copestones
Noun
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The cocktails were made out of 50 milliliter bottles of Absolut-brand vodka with gray cloth stuffed into the tops.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2026 -
Manchester City was tops among EPL clubs for 2024-25 commercial revenue at $452 million.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This sea of sharp buttes and sky-high pinnacles offers numerous west-facing vantage points.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Outside,
1 Mar. 2026
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Sea turtles snoozed, manta rays glided, and reef fish darted by the thousands over lava pinnacles covered in corals and basket sponges.—
Betsy Andrews,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The first was a gentle bell curve; the second was a jagged line, with two sharp peaks—one on the left, the other on the right.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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While the 1970s and 80s had some peaks in the data, there is a definite trend in average wind gusts from 1990 to the present.—
Ray Petelin,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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After all, exits and grand finales are part and parcel with any theater and therefore any showgirl's life, and could be purely symbolic in nature.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Attias — former executive producer of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos — has presided over FII summits since his eponymous firm helped launch the event a decade ago.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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While the country is famous for its summits, its people are the key to making a deeper connection to the Himalayas.—
The Editors,
Outside,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Trump convincing the Ellisons to make a new installment of Rush Hour, whose broad racial humor might have been unwelcome a few years ago (if not much earlier), may be one of the capstones of his cultural influence as president this time around.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
24 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In recent weeks, furious Havana residents have signaled their displeasure with the outages in nightly crescendos of clanging pots and pans.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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To date, astronomers have managed to detect about 300 such mergers via their associated crescendos of gravitational waves.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Full moons are culminations — don’t forget to pause and see what’s already come full circle before rushing into more.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
28 Nov. 2025
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“Copestones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copestones. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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