as in pinnacle
the highest part or point
excitement in the auditorium slowly built up and reached its crescendo when the star walked on stage
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Recent Examples of crescendo
George Caulkin, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
This Sunday is the fifth anniversary of that crescendo of fear in the market, marking the low of a violent V-bottom that launched stocks to a 100% gain over the next 22 months.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2025
Snow White even innovated the classic Disney strategy of keeping the hero’s hands clean by having the villain die accidentally, falling from a great height in the middle of a crescendo of evil laughter.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025
The crescendo came when Trump’s super PAC decided to go up with a television advertisement seizing on DeSantis’ eating habits, using a story that during a 2019 flight, DeSantis had downed pudding with his bare hands.
—David Catanese, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna applauds the fans (Alex Broadway/Getty Images)
This would be the zenith, a crescendo of noise.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
This Sunday is the fifth anniversary of that crescendo of fear in the market, marking the low of a violent V-bottom that launched stocks to a 100% gain over the next 22 months.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2025
Snow White even innovated the classic Disney strategy of keeping the hero’s hands clean by having the villain die accidentally, falling from a great height in the middle of a crescendo of evil laughter.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025
The crescendo came when Trump’s super PAC decided to go up with a television advertisement seizing on DeSantis’ eating habits, using a story that during a 2019 flight, DeSantis had downed pudding with his bare hands.
—David Catanese, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crescendo
Noun
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The cut is also inching closer to the pinnacle of both the Hot Latin Songs and Latin Streaming Songs charts.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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This version of Florida does have some conspicuous differences from the one Billy Donovan first led to the pinnacle in 2006, nine years after arriving from Marshall.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Single adults peaked in FY 2024, with 604 encounters.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Buttery, flaky croissants peak through and get nice and toasty in the oven.—
Jasmine Smith,
Southern Living,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna applauds the fans (Alex Broadway/Getty Images) This would be the zenith, a crescendo of noise.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Conclusion Just as the zenith of economic and earnings optimism in early 2025 gave way to creeping concerns about the durability of growth under pressure from possible tariff increases, maximum pessimism will eventually give way to a better reality.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Contemporary Native designers are cresting everything from suiting and gowns to streetwear and even athletic wear.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
17 Apr. 2025
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Mudslides and cresting rivers there destroyed around 2,300 structures.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Today’s sentence is the culmination of justice, but this is not the final chapter of Kyhara’s life story.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2025
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The yeehaw agenda continues to sweep the nation as many of us prepare our best Americana looks for Beyoncé’s tour, which embodies the culmination of our sudden cultural interest in Black cowboys.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Laying out the bill at the top of the debate, Rep. Brad Buckley, a Salado Republican and the bill’s House sponsor, said the legislation empowers parents to choose the educational path that best fits their child’s need.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2025
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If desired, turn oven to broil and broil until top is evenly browned in spots, about 2 minutes.—
Nicole Hopper,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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That united display of fealty reflected Big Tech’s hopes that Trump would be more accommodating than President Biden’s administration and help propel an already booming industry to even greater heights.—
Mae Anderson and Michael Liedtke,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Hanging Your Curtain Rods Too Low One thing that can dramatically increase the feeling of space in your room is hanging your curtains at the right height.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2025
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The attractions, diversions, and climaxes just keep on coming: cortisol, dopamine, cortisol, dopamine, boom-boom-boom.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2025
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That’s why the ending works so well, an abrupt climax that’s darkly poetic and anything but normal.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Crescendo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crescendo. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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