peaked

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However, the Fed didn’t react quickly enough to the 2021 inflation surge, when price growth peaked at nearly 9%, as measured by the consumer price index.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

The Roaring ’20s: Driven by easy credit and an industrial build-out of new technologies like the radio and the telephone, this historic bubble peaked on Sept. 3, 1929.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

The price/book ratio peaked at 1.8 times in May 2025.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Phoenix metro’s customer-service workforce peaked during the pandemic as Americans ordered more stuff online, hitting 92,970 in 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Whenever he took off his strange peaked hat, he revealed himself as a large, powerful man.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver