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copestones

noun

plural of copestone

as in high-water marks

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Noun

Straight fit jeans were styled with half-zip tops and classic button-down shirts.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
Cut a slit into the top of each pastry to vent, then brush the tops with more egg wash.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

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Fourteen years earlier, his debut feature, Ossessione, had effectively birthed Italian neorealism, and Visconti had followed it up with La Terra Trema (1948), one of the absolute pinnacles of the movement.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 July 2026
The Ed Sullivan Theater, which first opened in 1927, is a 13-story shadow box preserving bits from a rich history of pop culture pinnacles past.

— Edward Segarra, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Definition of pinnacles

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That album drew Simmons’ bass and Bindeman’s drums to the fore of the mix, letting Harris’ guitar and vocals foam behind the rhythm section’s discrete peaks.

— Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026
The adventure began with the helicopter soaring over breathtaking landscapes of alpine peaks and turquoise waters, before touching down at the bay.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026

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Schools that made these lists offer opportunities like study abroad experiences, co-ops or internships and senior capstones.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
Trump convincing the Ellisons to make a new installment of Rush Hour, whose broad racial humor might have been unwelcome a few years ago (if not much earlier), may be one of the capstones of his cultural influence as president this time around.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025

Definition of capstones

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Bideau’s debut, 2022’s Fleeting Future, hinted at the explorations of Terra Incognita, its complex electroacoustic grids opening into ever-expanding crescendos.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026
Taking a cue from nickelodeon piano players, composer John Powell steers the mood with a vibrantly eclectic score of sprightly ragtime, violin pathos and popcorn crescendos.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

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