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
Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024
At inflation’s crescendo in 2021-22, affordability slumped when wages did not keep pace.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
The taste Alvarez showed in his Evil Dead remake and Don’t Breathe for third-act crescendos featuring rampaging abominations and nutty reveals is again in evidence here.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
Sadly this year’s Nov. 17-18 crescendo of shooting-star activity occurs just days after the full moon.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The screams eventually reach a crescendo, as video shows the shrieks getting gradually louder and louder until the group stopped.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024
At inflation’s crescendo in 2021-22, affordability slumped when wages did not keep pace.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
The taste Alvarez showed in his Evil Dead remake and Don’t Breathe for third-act crescendos featuring rampaging abominations and nutty reveals is again in evidence here.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
Sadly this year’s Nov. 17-18 crescendo of shooting-star activity occurs just days after the full moon.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crescendo
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Vintage Port Recommendations Vintage Port is the pinnacle of Port production and the flagship product of the Douro.Paul Caputo, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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The Stark Varg, which offers performance comparable to 450cc gas dirt bikes, is perhaps at the pinnacle of this industry.New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2024
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On Thursday, San Jose saw a high temperature of around 70 degrees, while the interior East Bay and San Francisco peaked in the lower 60s.Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Ctrl peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and was named by several critics as one of the best albums of the year.Brendan Le, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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Accommodation in the valley reaches its zenith at Bruma Wine Resort, a masterpiece of sustainable architecture where modernist design meets natural beauty.Shelby Knick, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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To that point, the job of an editor has evolved considerably since Graydon Carter, Anna Wintour and Tina Brown created the paradigm in the turn-of-the-century zenith of magazines.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
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The resulting wave crested at nearly 21 feet, killed 11 people and destroyed 29 city blocks, according to the city.Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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The hit song crested inside the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent six weeks atop the Hot Country Songs chart.Jem Aswad, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
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Built in Google's new manufacturing facility in California, Willow is the culmination of over a decade's worth of work.Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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This latest partnership between Box and Adobe is the culmination of a decade of cooperation between the two companies.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Pour the butter over the tenderloin to coat it, making sure the thyme sprigs and onion slices are not on top.Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
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On the top of their wish list: proper insurance coverage.Lorie Konish, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
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By 2100, the study warns, storms in the Pacific Northwest could temporarily raise ocean heights up to three times more than current levels, dramatically increasing flood risks.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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The two cooks' successes and failures are great fun to watch, particularly the series of scenes in which Child, having just enrolled in a cooking program, practices cutting hundreds of onions, the slices forming a pile that matches her own impressive height.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
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Kim stages any number of thrilling action sequences, with large-scale troop and armored vehicle movements that bring the drama to an exciting and stirring climax.Richard Kuipers, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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The word for the fifth-act climax of risotto—the scene in which the butter (preferably cold, from the fridge) and the Parmesan are brought onstage and obliged to mingle with the other characters—is mantecatura.Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Crescendo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crescendo. Accessed 28 Dec. 2024.
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