as in pinnacle
the highest part or point
her election as the state's first woman governor was a capstone of a long political career
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Recent Examples of capstone
Lake Oroville, the capstone of the state reservoir system, was at 120% of its historical average on Friday, state data shows.
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2025
The very next day, Boehner announced his imminent resignation, citing the pope’s visit as the capstone of his career.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2025
It was supposed to be Flagg taking center stage before his eventual capstone moment by winning the National Championship in San Antonio after winning the National College Player of the Year award.
—Dj Siddiqi, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
While no present could outdo the relief of kissing a thesis or capstone goodbye, these gift ideas will make entering the next chapter of their lives a little easier.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2025
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2025
The very next day, Boehner announced his imminent resignation, citing the pope’s visit as the capstone of his career.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2025
It was supposed to be Flagg taking center stage before his eventual capstone moment by winning the National Championship in San Antonio after winning the National College Player of the Year award.
—Dj Siddiqi, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
While no present could outdo the relief of kissing a thesis or capstone goodbye, these gift ideas will make entering the next chapter of their lives a little easier.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capstone
Noun
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Leitch was engaged by Rangers on two separate occasions but the red-brick facade on the Main Stand was the pinnacle.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Major League Baseball is the pinnacle of the sport.—
Maury Brown,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
Noun
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That was the culmination of three consecutive nights of strikes.—
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
26 May 2025
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This new office was the culmination of a 10-year plan that saw the investment giant move offices across Hong Kong, London and within the United States.—
Aman Kidwai,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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The end of this series, and specifically Game 5, feels like their zenith.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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If dandyism is, at least in part, a kind of showy restraint—being seen on purpose without caring so much about how the spectacle is apprehended by others—this was something like its zenith.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
6 May 2025
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Lavigne collects her fourth top 10 on the Rock list and her fifth on the alternative ranking.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Meanwhile, Bronze could be seen lying at the top of a blow-up slide before sliding down and joining his sister as dad Patrick helped from the sidelines with the activities while Brittany cheered them on.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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To prevent the display from looking boring, create visual contrast through elements other than color—just varying the height, size, shape, and texture of the objects will create an eye-catching vignette. 3.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 May 2025
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Yet arguably his greatest achievement was to raise the bar of the entire Premier League, pushing rivals like Manchester City to new heights in order for Pep Guardiola’s men to finish above Liverpool.—
Adam Digby,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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This week, several of those beloved songs continue climbing Billboard’s worldwide lists, hitting new peaks and returning to the ears of what must be a massive audience.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Coincidentally, the Fresnel peak is found between 90 and 105 astronomical units.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
19 May 2025
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Crowds are understandably far thinner than during the apex of the excitement yesterday.—
Zoë Richards,
NBC news,
9 May 2025
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Logan and his younger brother, Jake Paul—himself a YouTuber and influencer, who has also turned to boxing—have been famous for more than a decade now, and reality television, Logan explains to Agdal, would be the apex of the pyramid that the siblings have been scaling.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Capstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capstone. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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