summits 1 of 2

noun

plural of summit
as in pinnacles
the highest part or point a new movie that some enthusiastic reviewers are already calling the summit of cinematic achievement

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verb

present tense third-person singular of summit
as in ascends

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Recent Examples of summits
Noun
Trump met with Kim three times during his first term, including two summits, but those meetings failed to produce an agreement on his goal of denuclearization. — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 To that end, the United States, in collaboration with close international partners, should launch a series of global biosecurity summits modeled on the four international nuclear security summits that took place from 2010 to 2016. — Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 Hawaii, meanwhile, rightfully earns its place thanks to its dramatic terrain, with 25 active and dormant volcanoes—the most of any state in the study—as well as 543 waterfalls and Mauna Kea, one of the tallest mountain summits in the country. — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026 But despite 45 years of summits and joint declarations, economic and political cooperation has generally lagged behind rhetoric. — Firmesk Rahim, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026 The challenge involves climbing the highest summits in Scotland, England and Wales, Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon, within 24 hours. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 31 July 2026 In the decades since, presidents have used Camp David to hold summits with foreign dignitaries and strategize during contentious moments of their tenures in the White House. — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026 There has also been tentative re-engagement with the 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations bloc, which barred Myanmar’s ruling generals from its summits after the coup. — Reuters, NBC news, 27 July 2026 The clearest evidence of this is that Australia, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand have now become regular participants of the NATO summits, despite not being members. — Huong Le-Thu, Time, 22 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summits
  1. pinnacles
  2. ascends
  3. peaks
  4. scales
  5. heights
  6. tops
  7. culminations
  8. zeniths
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
Verb
  • The ride also plays an announcement warning guests that failure to keep hands and arms inside the vehicle will result in removal from the park, as the ride ascends to the large drop, PEOPLE confirms.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Opening night 2027-28 Winnipeg can compete for the playoffs in 2027-28 if Björck ascends before Scheifele descends.
    — Murat Ates, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of ascends
Noun
  • That momentum intensified into 2026 before reversing sharply in recent weeks, leaving the four stocks roughly 20% to 40% below their late-June peaks.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Other factors could be driving down enrollment The Heritage Foundation’s Sheffield says that some of the drop in SNAP use is likely a natural decline after peaks in the pandemic era.
    — Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of peaks
Verb
  • Adoption scales more sustainably when people learn supervision, not just operation, of the tool.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Rather than reinventing that formula, the Max 4 scales it up dramatically for users printing items ranging from large cosplay parts to functional prototypes to industrial-style engineering components.
    — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of scales
Noun
  • Barrack has mediated direct talks between Syria and Israel in an effort to make sure that an uneasy truce is sustained, especially in southern Syria where Israeli forces continue to occupy strategic heights on Syrian soil.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Rooted in sustainable dining, Fallow’s approach is about elevating humble produce to thrilling new heights.
    — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of heights
Noun
  • These areas have grown dramatically in recent years, creating new applications and needs for protective apparel, including FR tops and bottoms.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Keep scrolling to shop more lightweight tops from Amazon’s fashion department, including work blouses, polished T-shirts, and more.
    — Brooke Knappenberger, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of tops
Noun
  • Lunar eclipses, on the other hand, tend to coincide with powerful culminations, emotional revelations and the release of something that’s reached its natural conclusion.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
  • Full moons are culminations — don’t forget to pause and see what’s already come full circle before rushing into more.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 28 Nov. 2025
Definition of culminations
Noun
  • 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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