COPESTONES Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

copestones

noun

plural of copestone

as in high-water marks

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Noun

Beyond coffee, Gottsman said candidates should avoid other distractions or unprofessional impressions by putting away their phones, skipping overpowering fragrances, removing sunglasses from the tops of their heads and avoiding chewing gum.

— Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
That roof and the Nugget Twin it tops have officially launched to give Nugget buyers a new winter-ready camper van option with four solid walls and space for four people.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026

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Fourteen years earlier, his debut feature, Ossessione, had effectively birthed Italian neorealism, and Visconti had followed it up with La Terra Trema (1948), one of the absolute pinnacles of the movement.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 July 2026
The Ed Sullivan Theater, which first opened in 1927, is a 13-story shadow box preserving bits from a rich history of pop culture pinnacles past.

— Edward Segarra, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Definition of pinnacles

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The coordinates of a vector in Hilbert space include information that corresponds to this alignment of peaks and troughs, called a wave’s phase.

— Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026
Influenza activity typically begins increasing in the fall and peaks during the winter months.

— Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of peaks

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The leaders may well meet twice more in the near future, at the G20 and APEC summits.

— Rana Mitter, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026
As long as these two men lead their respective countries, the likelihood is that their summits will barely be able to manage the rivalry at best.

— Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of summits

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Schools that made these lists offer opportunities like study abroad experiences, co-ops or internships and senior capstones.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of capstones

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Bideau’s debut, 2022’s Fleeting Future, hinted at the explorations of Terra Incognita, its complex electroacoustic grids opening into ever-expanding crescendos.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026
Taking a cue from nickelodeon piano players, composer John Powell steers the mood with a vibrantly eclectic score of sprightly ragtime, violin pathos and popcorn crescendos.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

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copes (with)

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