Meaning & use
apices
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Plural of apex: the highest points or tips of something, or the culminating points of an achievement.
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The apices of the mountain range were dusted with early snow.
Her Olympic gold medal marked one of the apices of her career.
A note on using this word
An alternative plural, 'apexes,' is also acceptable, though 'apices' is more common in technical and scientific writing.
Words with a similar meaning
peakssummitstips
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Words with an opposite meaning
basesnadirs
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