pinnacles

noun

plural of pinnacle
as in heights
the highest part or point a singer who has reached the pinnacle of success

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Recent Examples of pinnacles 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 The human hand is one of three pinnacles of hominid evolution, along with the brain and the voice box. — Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 Bocas is blessed with more than a dozen excellent dive sites including underwater caves and pinnacles, reef walls, drift dive locations, and wrecks like the Barco Viejo and Mystic Wind. — Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 Though the top section of the Chimney Tops Trail (along with its rocky pinnacles) are closed due to fire damage, this is still one sight worth seeing. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 8 June 2026 Known for its volcanic pinnacles, an abundance of marine life, and healthy reefs, the Saba National Marine Park surrounds the entire island. — Hayley Domin, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2026 Still, the pinnacles of the heartland-rock canon continue to thrill us in unexpected ways. — Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026 This sea of sharp buttes and sky-high pinnacles offers numerous west-facing vantage points. — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinnacles
  1. heights
  2. tops
  3. peaks
  4. zeniths
  5. culminations
  6. apexes
Noun
  • Some have done so successfully, others have struggled to reach such heights.
    — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • At the same time, the city is poised to relax heights cap at the beach, potentially allowing towers as high as 340 feet where the Hollywood Beach Resort now sits.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of heights
Noun
  • If the tops brown too quickly, loosely cover with foil during the final 15-20 minutes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Available as a single panel made to your exact measurements, it can be configured with everything from rod pockets and tab tops to back tabs or grommets depending on your space.
    — Nina Derwin, Architectural Digest, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of tops
Noun
  • Where the largest earners can afford to spend heavily year-on-year, the rest are beholden to peaks and troughs.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • This year's display is particularly favorable because the shower peaks on the night of the new moon, leaving skies free from bright moonlight that can wash out fainter meteors.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of peaks
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
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
  • 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
Definition of apexes

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