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vertices

noun

variants also vertexes
plural of vertex
as in tops
the highest point Once you reach the vertex of the mountain, the remainder of the route is all downhill.

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Recent Examples of vertices Choose any pair of vertices in your set, then flip a (potentially biased) coin. — Paulina Rowińska, Quanta Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026 But why should Euler's polyhedron formula V − E + F = 2 always hold true for vertices, V, edges, E, and faces, F? — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertices
  1. tops
  2. peaks
  3. summits
  4. pinnacles
  5. heights
  6. crests
  7. apexes
Noun
  • The brand makes knits, tops, jeans, jackets, raincoats and coats.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The Prime Video original tops both the overall and non-English-language rankings.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of tops
Noun
  • Sailing through the Drake Passage is like being on a mountain bike and joining in with a herd of stampeding bison, or like paragliding between Alpine peaks in the middle of the wildest storm.
    — KC Baker, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Reilly’s September 10 report found consensus estimates for S&P 500 earnings growth now matching dot-com-era peaks, concentrated overwhelmingly in technology and semiconductor names.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of peaks
Noun
  • The leaders may well meet twice more in the near future, at the G20 and APEC summits.
    — Rana Mitter, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026
  • As long as these two men lead their respective countries, the likelihood is that their summits will barely be able to manage the rivalry at best.
    — Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of summits
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
  • Resident Evil has hit the ground running in its box office opening as the reboot reaches unprecedented heights for the franchise.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The most challenging aspect of her decision was the timing — stepping away as the team reaches new heights in terms of chemistry and momentum.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of heights
Noun
  • When the wave of data center dealmaking crests in the years ahead, the wave of data center litigation will likely be close behind.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Officials said high water could linger for days even after the river crests, with additional rainfall expected to slow the area's recovery.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of crests
Noun
  • Using them lets the driver maximize engine power under varying driving conditions, such as accelerating in a straight line or blasting between apexes at a track or on a twisty road.
    — Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Vertices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertices. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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