mountaintop
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of mountaintop
Example Sentences
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Now he could be the Imagineer to bring the 17-time champion Lakers back to the happiest place on earth — the NBA’s mountaintop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
If your biggest fear going into retirement was that your money would run out before the end of your life, congratulations for making it to the mountaintop.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Switzerland's foreign ministry later confirmed the talks at the Burgenstock mountaintop resort had been "postponed", although it said preparations for talks were continuing.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Each day thousands of visitors pile into the area to hike through pristine jungle to white-sand beaches or to Colombia's mountaintop Lost City, which predates Peru's Machu Picchu.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
They dined in the lee of a standing stone on the mountaintop, on hard little apples and bird meat, with the most senior sphinxes.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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