copestone

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Noun
  • In December, Texas had just over a million job openings, a high-water mark it’s been hovering around for several months.
    Mitchell Schnurman, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The Nacimiento River edged out its 1969 high-water mark by 1.51 feet.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • The coup de grace was delivered a minute into injury time as Mount seized on a poor clearance from Athletic goalkeeper Julen Agirrezabala.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 9 May 2025
  • The coup de grace will come some five billion years from now, when our expanding red giant sun engulfs and incinerates poor little Earth.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • Flip nectarines, and brush tops with reserved honey mixture.
    Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 23 May 2025
  • Aliyah Binford put Ole Miss ahead with a 2-out, solo home run to right-center field in the top of the first — her 12th of the season.
    Ethan Westerman, Arkansas Online, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Surf Ranch in Fresno, created by 11-time world champion Kelly Slater, became a pinnacle of wave technology, but has a hefty price tag in the tens of thousands to access.
    Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
  • Love probably needs to play like a $220 million quarterback for the Packers to reach the sport’s pinnacle.
    Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Wilson has scored a pair, and McEntire — despite her lengthy career — has only reached the summit once.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
  • The meeting set the stage for a G7 summit will be held in the Canadian Rocky Mountain town of Kananaskis on June 15.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • The nine-city tour will span the U.S. and Europe with the grand finale taking place in Las Vegas on July 26.
    Caché McClay, USA Today, 25 May 2025
  • What could be the grand finale of Helldivers 2 is nigh, as Illuminate aliens have invaded Super Earth itself in an effort to exterminate mankind.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 31 May 2025
  • Chance of lightning increases as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is overhead.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • While its spending set a record for a U.S. judicial contest, the race that ended Tuesday was the apex of a trend building for years as state Supreme Court races across the country have gotten increasingly costly and vitriolic.
    John Hanna, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Music has continued to remain atop the charts and is battling Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine Deluxe for another week at the apex.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Copestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copestone. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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