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noun

apogee

a final climactic stage

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Six example sentences with apogee, each labelled with its topic.

  • The symphony reaches its apogee in the last four minutes, when the brass finally take the theme the strings kept hinting at.

    Music

  • The chase is the apogee of the film, and everything after it feels like the credits arriving early.

    Movies

  • That championship season was the apogee of a fifteen-year career, and he retired two winters later without another final.

    Basketball

  • The empire's apogee came under its fourth ruler, when its roads ran from the mountains to two seas.

    History

  • The trilogy reaches its apogee in the third book, when every thread from the first volume finally meets.

    Literature

  • Her portraits of the 1920s mark the apogee of her career, and critics still measure the later work against them.

    Art

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