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
The sun reached its apogee and started down the blue sky of early afternoon.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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