as in pointed
tapering to a thin tip
the church's peaked spire is a prominent feature of the town's skyline
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as in pallid
lacking a healthy skin color
you probably should go home, as you're looking awfully peaked
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as in sick
temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body
I'm feeling a little peaked, so I'm going to lie down
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Recent Examples of peaked
Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Bay City News, Mercury News, 13 July 2025
Ventura, dressed in a white blouse under a black blazer with shoulder pads and peaked lapels, maintained her composure throughout, answering calmly as Estevao jumped across the timeline of her and Combs’ relationship.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 15 May 2025
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Adjective
Having probably peaked in late 2024, the sun is now thought to be on the wane, but as well as yet to be proven (there may be a double peak), the finest aurora displays often occur in the few years after solar maximum.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
The fire broke out at about 2:10 p.m. at a residence with a peaked roof in the 500 block of 26th Avenue, just across the street from San Francisco Fire Station 14, in the city’s Little Russia neighborhood.
—Bay City News, Mercury News, 13 July 2025
Ventura, dressed in a white blouse under a black blazer with shoulder pads and peaked lapels, maintained her composure throughout, answering calmly as Estevao jumped across the timeline of her and Combs’ relationship.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peaked
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For example, Doak kicked on so impressively at Middlesbrough in 2024-25 that his value increased to the point that Bournemouth paid £25m for him.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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The rate of lifetime depression among women has increased by over 40% in the last decade, yet periods like postpartum and perimenopause remain under-addressed in mainstream mental health care.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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These scam centers mushroomed especially since the Covid-19 pandemic, when Chinese criminal syndicates found a new use for empty casinos and hotels.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Psychedelic research mushrooms Research interest in recreational drugs or psychedelics such as LSD, psilocybin, ketamine and MDMA has mushroomed in recent years.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Since that time, such attacks have proliferated, with ransomware gangs going after both individual practices and software vendors within the dental ecosystem.—
Tarun Eldho Alias,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Players and coaches have long acknowledged Villa require freshness — a feeling that proliferated with each passing week.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Peaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peaked. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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