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
Chandler Rome, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
For Rios, the 250th is not just about looking back at the country's founding, or even about the crescendo of July 4, 2026.
—Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
Adolescence‘s awards hot streak could be heading for a big crescendo after the Netflix series dominated nominations for the BAFTA Television Awards.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
The boos were deafening when the Miami Hurricanes ran onto the Enterprise Center floor for warmups before their NCAA Tournament opening game against Missouri late Friday night and reached a crescendo during player introductions.
—Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The strikeout of Trout served as Sunday’s crescendo.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
For Rios, the 250th is not just about looking back at the country's founding, or even about the crescendo of July 4, 2026.
—Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
Adolescence‘s awards hot streak could be heading for a big crescendo after the Netflix series dominated nominations for the BAFTA Television Awards.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
The boos were deafening when the Miami Hurricanes ran onto the Enterprise Center floor for warmups before their NCAA Tournament opening game against Missouri late Friday night and reached a crescendo during player introductions.
—Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crescendo
Noun
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Therefore, it’s taken some time to infiltrate the mainstream, and 2026 is reaching pinnacle ballet flat supremacy.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
15 Apr. 2026
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Nearby was Haghpat Monastery, also named a UNESCO World Heritage site as the pinnacle of Armenian architecture.—
Marlise Kast-Myers,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Winds peak along the crest gusting as high as 60 mph and up to 35 to 45 mph along Highway 395.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Apr. 2026
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This round of upcoming heat will peak Wednesday, into Thursday.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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At that time, McCann’s crypto firm was at the zenith of its success.—
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Although the company would continue with NASA afterward, the zenith was reached on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11 landed on the moon.—
Paul Edward Parker,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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The cumulative effect of this album is one of culmination, a sense that Garrett has mastered this range of heavy sounds and can now combine them at will.—
Brad Sanders,
Pitchfork,
14 Apr. 2026
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Notably, The Samurai and the Prisoner marks the 70-year-old Kurosawa’s first attempt at a sweeping samurai period feature — a potential late-career culmination for a director whose work has spanned more than 50 films and nearly every other major genre.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
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Use a bag bungee Trying to balance a travel tote on top of a rolling suitcase is a disaster waiting to happen, especially when navigating crowded terminals.—
Samantha Leal,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Apr. 2026
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This used to be Syed Murtaza Sadar’s home in Kabul, on top of the barber shop and public bath that was his family’s business.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2026
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that the 250-foot height will honor America's 250 years of existence.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Due to building restrictions, the team stuck with the original footprint but were able to extend the height 15 feet, making way for more gracious guest rooms.—
Hannah Martin,
Architectural Digest,
16 Apr. 2026
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That climax is sufficiently creepy.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2026
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Biff shouts at him at the show’s excruciating climax) sways between light and dark, between the road and the deadly shoulder, advancing through his last hours on earth as if through the stations of the cross.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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Great white sharks were seen as apex predators, so many people struggled to see them as prey for orcas.—
Michael H Gavshon,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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That's more than 20% off the $118 price level hit in late March as the Iran war seemed to be near its apex.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Crescendo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crescendo. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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