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
Natasha Frost, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The show and storm built to a dramatic crescendo with the clouds opening to Biblical buckets just as guests ran for the exit.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 26 June 2025
The intensity of the chocolate builds to a crescendo of cocoa, then subsides with a sip of milk.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
Michael Cox Baltimore the hero Sandy Baltimore left the pitch in injury time to a deafening noise, a crescendo of applause for a player who carved the final in her image.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 18 May 2025
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Verb
One reason is his mastery of crescendo, especially in his short stories.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The show and storm built to a dramatic crescendo with the clouds opening to Biblical buckets just as guests ran for the exit.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 26 June 2025
The intensity of the chocolate builds to a crescendo of cocoa, then subsides with a sip of milk.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
Michael Cox Baltimore the hero Sandy Baltimore left the pitch in injury time to a deafening noise, a crescendo of applause for a player who carved the final in her image.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crescendo
Noun
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However, instead of reaching their professional pinnacle of success, many of them have accrued 47% of the nation’s outstanding student loan debt.—
Colleen Batchelder,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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The experience gets even better with a group of friends, and reaches its pinnacle in the Florida Keys, where personal watercraft, thanks to their swiftness, agility, and minimal draft, are ideal vessels to explore the pristine, and often shallow waters.—
Jeremy Korzeniewski,
Robb Report,
12 July 2025
Verb
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However, cases typically peak during late summer and early fall, when mosquito populations reach their highest levels.—
Matthew Binnicker,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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By March, the month sightings peaked the year before, there were only about half the number of reports for spinning fish and less than a dozen dead sawfish.—
Jenny Staletovich,
Miami Herald,
19 July 2025
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Some shows in the U.S. later in the year might be about the zenith of anything that anybody ever imagined really.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
16 July 2025
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More than 100 years after the Italian composer reached the zenith of his theatrical powers, Puccini still pries open the human heart with his intense — and intensely orchestrated — music.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Svelte yet heavy, Clipse’s latest sees all their phonetic and poetical gifts rendered to subtly maximal effect, with their lithe vocals cresting Pharrell’s glossy surfaces like snowfall.—
Peter A. Berry,
Variety,
11 July 2025
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Kerr County officials said the Guadalupe River, which runs through the region, is currently cresting at 39 feet or more — up from about 3 feet before the rainfall.—
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán,
NPR,
5 July 2025
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This coming year will be the culmination of our yearly gathering in Park City for the Sundance Film Festival.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
14 July 2025
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In October 1971, the Shah anointed himself as the culmination of 2,500 years of Persian history with an extravagant birthday party for the Persian Empire.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
13 July 2025
Noun
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Indeed, on the move, the Vanquish Volante is velvety-smooth on the highway, and with the top down, conversations don't need to be shouted.—
Alex Kalogiannis,
ArsTechnica,
22 July 2025
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That sense of positivity was further built during Euro qualifying earlier this year, as Italy finished top of their group ahead of the Netherlands, who won the competition in 2017.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
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That said, every year that goes by, their anxiety reaches new heights.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
20 July 2025
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Baumgartner helped popularize the extreme sport of BASE jumping, parachuting from heights both natural and man-made including the Christ The Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro and the Empire State Building in New York City.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
18 July 2025
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One or more of these golfers is likely to be in the mix by the time Sunday’s final round reaches its climax.—
Steve Silverman,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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This unrest reached a climax after his defeat in the 2022 general election, when Bolsonaristas stormed the Three Powers Square on Jan. 8, 2023, just days after Lula’s inauguration.—
Emi Eleode,
Time,
14 July 2025
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“Crescendo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crescendo. Accessed 27 Jul. 2025.
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