apex
noun
the tip, point, or vertex; summit.
apexes
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pluralof apex.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“But you’re busy, you’re consumed. Gone on the early years of just hitting the apexes and enjoying the speed.”
From Washington Times ● May 22, 2022
The result stands among the vertiginous apexes of film history, with Sewell’s editing providing the rhythmic emotion that cements the film’s status as one of the greatest of all time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2021
The average plant leaf grows from the plant’s apexes, or the tippy-tops of its stem and branches.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2021
The method of escape had been worthy of the best player in baseball, a 26-year-old already building a case as an all-timer, a two-time MVP still seeking — and reaching — new apexes.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2018
These apexes are established in our representation by describing a circle—the plane projection of the hyper-sphere—about the central point of intersection of the axes.
From Architecture and Democracy by Claude Fayette Bragdon
