apogee

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At its closest point - or perigee - the Moon is about 220,000 miles away from Earth, whereas at its furthest point - or apogee - it is around 250,000 miles away.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025

Dickey Betts, the singer-musician whose versatile compositions helped define the apogee of Southern Rock in the '70s and '80s, died at age 80 in his Osprey, Florida home.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2024

His political rise reached an apogee in 1976, when President Gerald Ford appointed Lozano as U.S. ambassador to El Salvador.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2023

“She represents the apogee of Rembrandt’s aspirations as a history painter. He’s painting what he loves and what he most believes in. She’s everything he finds noble in his profession.”

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

Modern drawings of ancient cities tend to show them at an imagined apogee, the great monuments all splendidly arrayed together, perfect as architectural models.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann