acme
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The 65-year gap between the song’s original release and its acme position is the longest in history, according to Billboard.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023
“These reflect the infamous Sun Tzu quote, ‘the acme of skill is to win a war without firing a shot,’” Mr. McCreight wrote.
From Washington Times • May 24, 2023
“There is no blinking the obvious,” he wrote, “the Warners have pulled all the stops in making this picture the acme of the gangster-prison film.”
From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2023
It suddenly feels like the acme of the Netherlands in the 1990s, ultimate expression of a certain kind of high-end brittleness.
From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2020
He is the one noble speaker who has happened in our time, "who may be named and stand as the mark and acme" of modern literature.
From The Critical Game by Macy, John Albert
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