apotheosis

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The Portuguese design genius for mixing the pious with playfully overelaborated touches reaches its apotheosis at this Unesco World Heritage site—Portugal’s equivalent of France’s monumental Cathedral of Chartres.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

This revisionist history reached its apotheosis with a 2007 essay collection edited by the historians Kenneth T. Jackson and Hilary Ballon.

From Slate • Sep. 16, 2024

Sunset Sound represents the apotheosis of the recording industry’s heyday.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024

For Johnson to now be speaker of the House feels as if it is the apotheosis of his political career and aspirations.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2023

After several rounds of refinement in the Langley wind tunnels, the Mustang achieved its apotheosis with the P-51D.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly