aiguille

noun

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  1. pinnacle
  2. summit
  3. horn
  4. mountaintop
Noun
  • But after 12 people underwent a 34-day hunger strike in 2015, the pinnacle of a yearslong protest by community leaders determined to keep a neighborhood school, the district reversed its decision.
    — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The pinnacle of prompt development entails a type of life cycle formalization akin to a rigorous systems development life cycle (SDLC), often noted as the PDLC (prompt development life cycle).
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of pinnacle
Noun
  • At the summit, The Sky Bar, located on the 48th floor, provides a private lounge atmosphere, with sweeping views across the city.
    — Jennifer Lee, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Saylor was one of a handful of bitcoin and crypto company executives that attended the White House digital asset summit hosted by U.S. president Donald Trump earlier this month.
    — Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of summit
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  • As some of his teammates embraced Wiggins on the court after the final horn, Butler dapped up a couple friends courtside and bolted for the locker room.
    — Danny Emerman, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
  • With two foot-long horns protruding from either side of their heads, a large hump resting on their shoulders and folds of loose skin drooping from their neck, these aren’t your typical black-and-white milk carton dairy cows.
    — Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of horn
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  • Late in the film, one is shown on a mountaintop phone call with his mother — and almost crying.
    — Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Born in Grenada to an enslaved mother and fluent in English, Christophe is perhaps best known as the architect of the famous Citadelle Henry, the mountaintop fortress completed in 1813 to guard against another French occupation.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of mountaintop
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