copestones

noun

plural of copestone
as in high-water marks

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  1. tops
  2. pinnacles
  3. peaks
  4. grand finales
  5. summits
  6. capstones
  7. zeniths
  8. crescendos
Noun
  • Skirts, tops and what looked like earrings made of layers of circle-cut chiffon, and light as air sheer jacketing suggested Anderson was looking to define his version of romance, a mood the French house has long-conjured during its history.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Jersey tops start at about 400 euros; dresses range from 650 to 1,000 euros; jackets from 1,200 to 1,400 euros, and the most elaborate dresses top 2,000 euros.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of tops
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Persistent demand, meanwhile, would smooth out the erratic peaks and troughs of the federal budget processes that have paralyzed defense companies for decades, providing continuous revenue streams instead.
    — Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026
  • This predictive layer allows dispatchers to dynamically position resources ahead of demand peaks instead of scrambling after gates open.
    — Justin Newell, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of peaks
Noun
  • 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
Definition of grand finales
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  • While Putin attended past G20 summits, that ended after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine while President Joe Biden was in office.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The leaders may well meet twice more in the near future, at the G20 and APEC summits.
    — Rana Mitter, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of summits
Noun
  • 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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  • Her materials include those most basic elements of the earth—geology—and her forms borrow from totems, obelisks, prehistoric megaliths, and Indigenous Caribbean zeniths.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of zeniths
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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
Definition of crescendos
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“Copestones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copestones. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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