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crest

noun as in highest point

noun as in emblem, symbol

noun as in topknot on head of animal

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The problem, says Colmar, is that some of these trends are “now extended and/or cresting/reversing.”

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Then, he’ll draw the monogram, crest or other design on the painted silver.

Before long, they were standing at the crest of the ridge, facing a grassy hillside that sloped down to the ocean.

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In the 60 years since the arrival of the auteur theory on the shores of America, all that has changed, and “Hitchcock/Truffaut” was at the crest of the wave.

Her sadness and regret washes over tracks like “Sugar Water” and “Crown,” building into fiery passion on “Chemistry” and “Sailor Song,” before cresting into the haunting resolution of the title track that closes it out.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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