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pinnacle

[pin-uh-kuhl] / ˈpɪn ə kəl /


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With the demise of the Baselworld salon following the Covid-19 pandemic, Watches and Wonders in Geneva has established itself as the pinnacle showcase for watchmaking in Switzerland.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

It’s this exposé of societal absurdity and Meursault’s atheistic refusal to play along with pacifying notions of sin and redemption, that makes“The Stranger” a pinnacle of confrontational literature.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

A bookmaker's son who climbed to the pinnacle of amateur sport to win Olympic gold at the 1956 Melbourne Games, the Londoner became a household name.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

“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

Erishkigal spread out her hands, and the sand around us became animated, showing a storm-racked sea with a pinnacle of rock rising out of it.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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