as in pinnacle
the highest part or point
excitement in the auditorium slowly built up and reached its crescendo when the star walked on stage
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Recent Examples of crescendo
George Caulkin, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
This Sunday is the fifth anniversary of that crescendo of fear in the market, marking the low of a violent V-bottom that launched stocks to a 100% gain over the next 22 months.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2025
Snow White even innovated the classic Disney strategy of keeping the hero’s hands clean by having the villain die accidentally, falling from a great height in the middle of a crescendo of evil laughter.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025
The crescendo came when Trump’s super PAC decided to go up with a television advertisement seizing on DeSantis’ eating habits, using a story that during a 2019 flight, DeSantis had downed pudding with his bare hands.
—David Catanese, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna applauds the fans (Alex Broadway/Getty Images)
This would be the zenith, a crescendo of noise.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
This Sunday is the fifth anniversary of that crescendo of fear in the market, marking the low of a violent V-bottom that launched stocks to a 100% gain over the next 22 months.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2025
Snow White even innovated the classic Disney strategy of keeping the hero’s hands clean by having the villain die accidentally, falling from a great height in the middle of a crescendo of evil laughter.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025
The crescendo came when Trump’s super PAC decided to go up with a television advertisement seizing on DeSantis’ eating habits, using a story that during a 2019 flight, DeSantis had downed pudding with his bare hands.
—David Catanese, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crescendo
Noun
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Many recalled his legacy as the first pope from Latin America, and the first Jesuit to reach the pinnacle of church hierarchy, one who stressed humility over hubris for a church beset with scandal and indifference.—
Jamey Keaten,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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This term refers to a degree of competence that suggests the individual is among the small fraction of people who have reached the pinnacle of their profession.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The number of drugs in shortage peaked at 323 during the first three months of 2024, but dropped to 270 as of March, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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The singer's crossover to the genre fared well, with the record debuting at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart and peaking at No. 4 in Top Album Sales.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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At that point Jupiter is just visible in the west, about 32 degrees above the horizon (this is about a third of the way up to the zenith).—
Jesse Emspak,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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All told, the other top candidates who could be elevated to the zenith of the Catholic Church are four Italians, one Spanish, one French, one Ghanaian and one Maltese.—
Ignacio Calderon,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Contemporary Native designers are cresting everything from suiting and gowns to streetwear and even athletic wear.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
17 Apr. 2025
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Mudslides and cresting rivers there destroyed around 2,300 structures.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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Today’s sentence is the culmination of justice, but this is not the final chapter of Kyhara’s life story.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2025
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Monday’s case was the culmination of five years of legal wrangling.—
Nathaniel Weixel,
The Hill,
21 Apr. 2025
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City has been a long way from the top of English and European soccer.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Sustainable fiber use and circularity also have been top of mind for Cone.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
29 Apr. 2025
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Fit is essential, so tailor your dress to your heel height to ensure a polished look.—
Nneya Richards,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2025
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Data was collected on the participants' eating and lifestyle habits, blood pressure, medical history, and height and weight.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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The attractions, diversions, and climaxes just keep on coming: cortisol, dopamine, cortisol, dopamine, boom-boom-boom.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2025
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That’s why the ending works so well, an abrupt climax that’s darkly poetic and anything but normal.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Crescendo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crescendo. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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