pinnacle
noun
a lofty peak.
pinnacles
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pluralof pinnacle.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The fire sequences alone, captured in the hellish fuzz of Pål Ulvik Rokseth’s cinematography, are pinnacles of this practical-meets-digital-effects discipline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
He struck on an idea to carve representations of the American West into the granite pinnacles of the Central Black Hills: The Lakota leader Red Cloud, Lewis and Clark, George Armstrong Custer.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2025
Thompson emphatically opened the past as a living resource while claiming one of the pinnacles of white, male Western culture for future use by others.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
If Carroll can somehow find a way to navigate the Seahawks past the 49ers on Saturday in the first round of the NFL playoffs, it would be one of the pinnacles of his career.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 10, 2023
Farther off there were others: peaks, pinnacles, black cindercones on the glacier.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
