as in top
the highest point
Once you reach the vertex of the mountain, the remainder of the route is all downhill.
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Recent Examples of vertex
Continuing westward, Mars formed a different type of isosceles triangle with Pollux and Castor on Feb. 2, with Pollux marking the vertex and Mars and Castor forming the base.
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Draw some vertical posts between them — additional edges that connect some of the vertices on the bottom graph with their twin vertices on the top graph.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
In one photovoltaic crystal, lead (blue) lies at the center of the structure, with ammonia ions (purple) at the vertices and iodines at the center of each cubic face.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2014
In a hypergraph, an edge is no longer defined as the connection between a pair of vertices, but rather as the connection between any number of vertices.
—Joseph Howlett, WIRED, 24 Nov. 2024
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Draw some vertical posts between them — additional edges that connect some of the vertices on the bottom graph with their twin vertices on the top graph.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
In one photovoltaic crystal, lead (blue) lies at the center of the structure, with ammonia ions (purple) at the vertices and iodines at the center of each cubic face.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2014
In a hypergraph, an edge is no longer defined as the connection between a pair of vertices, but rather as the connection between any number of vertices.
—Joseph Howlett, WIRED, 24 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertex
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But Italian beef, the quintessential Chicago sandwich, remains at the top of the Buona menu — and its expansion plans.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
23 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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Wilson has scored a pair, and McEntire — despite her lengthy career — has only reached the summit once.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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So their family was stunned when the twins were found shot to death March 8 at the summit of remote Bell Mountain, about a two-hour drive north of Atlanta.—
Javon Huynh,
CNN Money,
23 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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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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Riding the crest of the New Wave after the dual successes of Truffaut’s The 400 Blows and Chabrol’s Le Beau Serge, Godard manages to convince de Beauregard to back a low-budget independent feature (made for today’s equivalent of $77,000) based on a news story about a gangster and his girlfriend.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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While other areas are in major flood stage, the forecasted crest for this location is closest to its record.—
Bruce Schreiner and Kristin M. Hall,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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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
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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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Waiters and those who get tips Tips would not be taxed if the bill passes.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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Trump’s legislation, at more than 1,100 pages, would permanently extend his 2017 tax cuts set to expire at the end of this year while introducing new policies like tax exemptions for tips and overtime wages.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
22 May 2025
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“Vertex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertex. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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