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noun- [Plural] The highest or uppermost point; peak. Also: The highest or culminating point; climax.

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Usage examples (36)
  • Noun, : His election to the presidency was the apex of his career
  • The stars are the apexes of what wonder-ful triangles!
  • At their apexes the threads bloom into ganglia of red flak, white in their centers.
  • Turn 8 has four apexes and a smattering of bumps to further unsettle a car as it sweeps through at 135 m.p.h.
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