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crest

[krest] / krɛst /


NOUN
emblem, symbol
Synonyms


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A dress made of glass bubbles, foam on a crest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

We feel like, leave on the crest of the wave.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

It’s big, too, nearly 10 miles long, and peaky, with some squat concrete buildings up at the crest of one of the hills, and a single telegraph pole.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

It has the smallest neck and back crest scales yet documented in the genus, as well as a generally small body size.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

When it saw Anya and Ivan crest the path’s top, it cawed and flapped its wings again.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

A tsunami is a series of waves, with times between crests ranging from five minutes to an hour, that can persist for many hours, according to the agency.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

It was only after returning in 2022 with a larger team and uncovering two more crests that the researchers understood they were dealing with a new species.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026

Ranchers like Kemp who support the laws say it is a birthright to brand cattle with their family crests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025

“Dow crests 30,000 points on vaccine hopes, Biden transition,” the Sioux City Journal of Iowa wrote on Nov. 25, 2020, in its page D1 article.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025

But they weren’t guild signs or crests, and they didn’t make pictures, like tiles in a mosaic.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

It is now spreading across Australia, most recently killing more than 1,000 crested terns and a long-nosed fur seal, the first detection in a mainland mammal.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

Then several cows and calves crested the ridgeline and came forward, answering her call.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Eventually the rate of inflation crested at a record 13.5% in 1980, capping off nearly a decade of runaway prices.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026

He also used symbols like the "pava", the traditional farmer's hat, and the endangered Puerto Rican crested toad.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026

He crested the hill that overlooked his home and staggered to a stop.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

But when the hype for Weapons was cresting in August 2025, Cregger was already in Prague prepping his next feature: Resident Evil, an adaptation of the wildly popular videogame franchise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

A subtle wave of shame rises — small but persistent — cresting as you imagine your child saying, or your partner thinking, “We’re having this again?”

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026

New data-center designs are cresting one gigawatt in power consumption, the entire capacity of a nuclear reactor.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

In further clips, that small cloud gets darker and flames can later be seen cresting over the hilltop.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025

Faster and closer, faster and closer, faster and closer, and at last, like a cresting wave, the rider burst out of the silver mist.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin




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