capstone
noun
cap·stone
ˈkap-ˌstōn 
1
: a coping stone : coping
2
: the high point : crowning achievement
the capstone of her career
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her election as the state's first woman governor was a capstone of a long political career
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Zuckerberg has just recently emerged from his own masculinist makeover, which turned him from a pale coder to a buff and bronzed bro, and his openly suggestive glance at Sanchez’s exposed chest seemed like an appropriate capstone to Trump’s Inaugural Address.
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Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
The two-part documentary is an intimate look into Reubens’s body of work, along with the uneasy clash between character and man, as well as a capstone of a creative life built around excitement and joy.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
Trump’s Nevada rally served mostly as a capstone to his first week in office.
—Will Weissert and Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Van Buren is impressed by Tóth’s talent and commissions him to design a community center that could be the capstone to both men’s careers.
—Caroline Tompkins, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
The two-part documentary is an intimate look into Reubens’s body of work, along with the uneasy clash between character and man, as well as a capstone of a creative life built around excitement and joy.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
Trump’s Nevada rally served mostly as a capstone to his first week in office.
—Will Weissert and Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Van Buren is impressed by Tóth’s talent and commissions him to design a community center that could be the capstone to both men’s careers.
—Caroline Tompkins, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Capstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capstone. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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