as in pinnacle
the highest part or point
at the zenith of her career as a dancer
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Recent Examples of zenith
When the pair is closest to Mars, at maximum, Earth and the moon will be just under half a degree apart in the sky (astronomers measure size on the sky in degrees, where there are 90 degrees from the horizon to the zenith).
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
Song for song, Showgirl is her best since the Folklore/Evermore double-shot of five years ago — that might look like an unbeatable zenith, but then so did Red before Folklore happened.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
In other words, at its post-Diana zenith, the support for the monarchy was there but had gone soft.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Classical When Franz Liszt was at the zenith of his fame in the nineteenth century, his fans were so enthralled by his good looks and talent that his mere presence created an atmosphere of mass hysteria.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
Song for song, Showgirl is her best since the Folklore/Evermore double-shot of five years ago — that might look like an unbeatable zenith, but then so did Red before Folklore happened.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
In other words, at its post-Diana zenith, the support for the monarchy was there but had gone soft.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Classical When Franz Liszt was at the zenith of his fame in the nineteenth century, his fans were so enthralled by his good looks and talent that his mere presence created an atmosphere of mass hysteria.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zenith
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Modern Jacketed Hollow Points Modern Jacketed Hollow Points, or JHPs, aren’t specific cartridges but represent the pinnacle of handgun lethality design.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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The clothes were superb, peerlessly realized and immediately desirable; sometimes young and zesty, but most often the pinnacle of adult sophistication.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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Barcelona used a mix of zonal and man-marking but struggled when teams exploited their comparalative lack of height and physicality by using players in motion.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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These ones have a lug sole that offers extra height and more room for cushioned support.—
Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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As the turmoil around him reaches its peak, the ghostly figure of a magician appears, offering him a way out.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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Gates noted that aid designated for poor countries—already less than 1% of rich countries’ budgets at its peak—is declining as wealthy nations cut foreign assistance.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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That day was the culmination of all that purpose coming together.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Her new life is the culmination of a metamorphosis that has been both soul-crushing and cathartic.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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Wet and dry fronts, prevailing winds, moisture and vapour, meeting, as luck would have it, exactly at the top of that big mountain on the little island.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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What’s more, each top is under $30, which is ideal for our pocketbooks as well as the season ahead.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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The footage revealed a new apex predator in the brown rat.—
Sarah Durn,
Popular Science,
30 Oct. 2025
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Most of the loop experiences a drop in these elements, except at the very top, or apex, where their levels increase.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Zenith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zenith. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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