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 route involves navigating extremely challenging terrain, significant exposure, steep pinnacles and drops on both sides.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
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
The juniors appear to have risen to their career pinnacles.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
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
There was the neck of land, the ledge skirting the rock, up there were the red pinnacles.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
