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pinnacle

[pin-uh-kuhl] / ˈpɪn ə kəl /


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“Many of the people that are at the absolute pinnacle of the economics profession … have such big egos that they look down at other people like, ‘I’m smarter than you,’” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

“I used Comic Sans for the first time in my 35-year career for the rest of the type. I felt that was some sort of weird pinnacle in itself,” Kennedy explains over email.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

When it was originally listed at the end of last year, the home was described as an “architectural masterpiece” that “defines the pinnacle of luxury waterfront living.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

The Cheltenham Festival - the pinnacle event of the jump-racing calendar - is up and running, but this year thousands of the sport's fans have travelled to the Costa Blanca to follow the action.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

It was no secret that since he was a boy, my dad had lusted after cars, and the pinnacle of his obsession would have been to own one.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez