apogean

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for apogean
Adjective
  • Back treatments address muscle tension while clearing meridian blockages.
    Pooja Shah, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Critics hailed Born to Run as a crowning achievement, something both sui generis and revitalizing.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The show is the crowning moment in a process that unfolded for more than two decades, spearheaded most recently by Michigan Athletics chief operating officer Rob Rademacher — and ultimately green-lit after one crucial logistical trial.
    Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This may leave countries to do more in terms of adaption to the changing climate whether or not the shift reaches the most apocalyptic forecasts of climate campaigners.
    Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The name, borrowed from the post-apocalyptic movie series, immediately drew attention for its bold tone.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Connections made via apical synapses seemed to be strengthened by movement information more than those made via basal synapses.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the opposite was happening in the apical dendrites: The difference in their response to unexpected stimuli increased over time.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Nov. 2021
Adjective
  • Graham describes an almost mystical creative energy during the filming of a climactic reconciliation scene between Bruce and his dad.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Mekhai Lee Emotionally impactful and technically impressive, THEM THAT’S NOT is a gratifying story ripe with moments of joy, a hint of mystery, and an earnest, heartwarming climactic scene.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Cobra Kai star Tanner Buchanan readies for a STRONG Nation high-intensity workout class in Atlanta over the weekend.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • This week, those effects point to cheaper short-term money, a debate about December, and a high premium on the Fed’s forward guidance.
    Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Keeping high-ethylene producers away from climacteric fruits can keep them from ripening too quickly.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 15 July 2025
  • For this reader, roughly the same age as Sam Raymond, there is uncommon pleasure in the paradoxes of this climacteric tale.
    Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
Adjective
  • As the series chronicles Gacy’s initial interactions with police, eventually leading to his arrest and trial, each episode uses flashbacks to provide a glimpse into who these boys were before their fateful meeting with Gacy.
    Derek Lawrence, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Meet Grand Ole Opry, the city’s iconic honky-tonk where cowboy boots meet K-culture — all thanks to Mama Kim and a fateful fortune teller encounter 50 years ago.
    Sarah Hutter, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Apogean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apogean. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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