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
Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2024
The situation reached a tragic crescendo with the Beirut Port explosion in August 2020 — the largest non-nuclear blast to date—that devastated large parts of the city, further exposing governmental failings and amplifying public despair.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Not scientists in the white-coat-wearing way of the imagination, but conductors of progress—engineering scientific crescendos that otherwise may have petered out into silence.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
Driving the news: Hurricane Milton's threat to Florida is only the latest in a decades-long crescendo of extreme weather events intensified by the impact of a warming climate.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
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But in recent years, claims against the company and McMahon personally have reached a crescendo.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2024
The situation reached a tragic crescendo with the Beirut Port explosion in August 2020 — the largest non-nuclear blast to date—that devastated large parts of the city, further exposing governmental failings and amplifying public despair.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Not scientists in the white-coat-wearing way of the imagination, but conductors of progress—engineering scientific crescendos that otherwise may have petered out into silence.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
Driving the news: Hurricane Milton's threat to Florida is only the latest in a decades-long crescendo of extreme weather events intensified by the impact of a warming climate.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crescendo
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In 2023, Bayer Leverkusen made $58 million dollars, a fraction of what the clubs at the pinnacle of European soccer earn.Paolo Confino, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2024
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Of course, the pinnacle of player props has to be the Anytime Touchdown, which is the most electric play in sports.Matt Modi, Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2024
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These combine to peak at 2,400 watts and deliver a whopping 180 Nm (132.7 lb.ft) of torque.Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 26 Nov. 2024
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Additionally, Sunday’s NWSL Skills Challenge had an average audience of 1.1 million viewers on CBS, peaking with 1.53 million viewers.Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 26 Nov. 2024
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This unique color way evokes memories of classic dress and sports-chic watches from the 1960s, a period often regarded as the zenith of watch design.Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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In his sixth season at UConn, Hurley is at the zenith of his career, the top of the game, and in coaching, the mountaintop is where the footprints are permanent.Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2024
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After her film career crested in the mid-1980s, Garr increasingly turned toward the small screen.Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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Starting on the front straight section and racing uphill through turns 11, 10, 9 and cresting over turn 8 – known as the Corkscrew – with the finish line at turn 7, competitors race up 300 feet (91 m) in elevation.New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2024
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On the other end is Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who is arguing that releasing the report — which is the culmination of a roughly three-year investigation — could damage the House since the panel would be in the rare, but not unprecedented, situation of publishing information on a former member.Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2024
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Jessi, a disgruntled gringa, wishes to run off with Gustavo and take her children with her, setting in motion the film’s fiery culmination.Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Her centennial year has seen the first woman of color at the top of a major party ticket, and Chisholm, who died in 2005, has been the subject of a Netflix series and multiple biographies.TIME Video, TIME, 30 Nov. 2024
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Haley’s Light sells magnetic flashing lights for drivers to put on top of their vehicles in the event a motorist need to pull over.Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
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The Fix: Stick To The Numbers The right shelf height, Basley says, is 14- to 16-inches tall.Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
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This luxury is set to be taken to new heights on British Airways superjumbos, as the airline just unveiled a fresh design for its first class airplane seat, set to launch on BA’s A380 planes in 2026.Francesca Street, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
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The Scorsese quote spooks him into coming up with an entirely new climax for Tecto, which will not feature the destruction of the bridge, rendering the crew’s journey entirely moot.Jack King, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
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Come January, both Trump and Pelosi will be back in public office for the first time since 2021, when their feud reached a climax over his false claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential race.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Crescendo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crescendo. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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