Lynn Coady

There was a time when I thought dudes had friendship all figured out. The focus on eating things in front of giant screens, pretending to punch one another, competing over who can utter the grossest and most profane personal insults imaginable - this struck me as the very apex of human social exchange.

Canadian Novelist

Conrad Anker

Standing on the apex of our planet is humbling. I'm starved of oxygen, depleted of reserves, unable to eat, and bound by anxiety. This is a dangerous place. Yet the symbolism of standing on top of the world gives me a chance to experience time on a cosmic scale.

American Athlete

Tadao Ando

I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would bring the nation to the apex - where it has stood before - and lead the world.

Japanese Architect

Elise Stefanik

To be at the apex of the executive branch and understand that there are lot of moving pieces and the importance of working with Congress to get things done - I think that gave me a unique perspective as a young person.

American Politician

Steve Backshall

If the world's oceans have had nearly half a billion years with sharks as the apex predators, then the delicate balance of its food webs must rely on their presence in complex ways we cannot possibly predict.

Rutger Bregman

In reality, it is the waste collectors, the nurses, and the cleaners whose shoulders are supporting the apex of the pyramid. They are the true mechanism of social solidarity.

Dutch Historian

Thomas Kaplan

People need to look at wildlife conservation in its totality. As soon as you lose the apex predator, it has harmful consequences right down the food chain.

American Businessman

Paul Di Filippo

The way I was educated, maybe from just inhaling something in the air back then, I grew up believing that E. B. White occupied the apex of essay writing.

American Writer

Peter Benchley

Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain.

American Author

Gallant

My live show is almost like a meditation. An emotional apex - that's what I want it to feel like.

American Musician

Used to describe a person's greatest achievement or highest point in life, not just physical places.

Metaphorical Use

Can imply a sense of pride or accomplishment when referring to reaching high points.

Emotional Peak

Often used to signify the peak of professional success or fame.

Career Context

Implies that the apex, especially in careers, is a moment rather than a permanent state.

Temporal Nature

In a hierarchy, it denotes the top-most leadership or the utmost authority.

Organizational Scope

Suggests a position that is singular, often lonely or with heavy responsibilities.

Exclusive Position

Refers to an exact point often used in mathematical problems or discussions.

Precision in Math

Emphasizes the significance of the apex in understanding the structure of geometric shapes.

Focus in Geometry

 is to think of it as tending to a circle of life, where we have fire management, elephant management, those impacts on the structure of the ecosystem, and then those impacts affecting everything from insects up to apex predators like lions. Going forward, I plan to greatly expand

Greg Asner: Ecology from...

 could protect fisherman from the dangers at sea. And today, sharks are recognized as apex predators of the world's ocean and include some of the Earth's longest living vertebrates. What is it that makes these fish worthy of our ancient legends and so successful in the seas?

Why are sharks so...

 bottom up from the vegetation all the way up through the insects and all the way up through the layers and that the top predators just kind of fed off of the extras Yellowstone has given the world an opportunity to see that it's very much on both sides that an apex

Photographing the Wild...

 and more important, you have these kinds of signals here. The signals that you are seeing here are action potential, are the same signals that the neurons of my brain, of our brain, use to exchange information. Now we know that a root apex

Stefano Mancuso: The...

 But that helped me, I think, become a better teacher. It's something like And I had blocks in the pyramid, and the cornerstones being industriousness and enthusiasm, working hard and enjoying what you're doing, coming up to the apex,

The difference between...

 It worked its way up the food chain and was absorbed by apex predator birds in such high concentrations that it thinned their eggs so that they couldn't support the nesting bird's weight. There were omelettes everywhere

The hidden worlds within...

 perfect for swiftly clamping down on slippery aquatic prey. This apex predator, as well as its ecosystem, is unparalleled in the history of life on Earth. All that's left of these fearsome predators are fossils.

The ferocious predatory...

 because of how inaccessible these sharks are. - How important are they to the ecosystem? - Take it away, shark expert. - No, you've been doing a great job. - Well, they're the apex predator down here.

Deep Sea Shark Stakeout...

 the apex predator there is an animal perfectly adapted for life as a hunter in pitch dartmouth it's got everything it needs it's got long antennae it's got these very sensitive tarps here for feeling

Swimming Cricket Bites...

 imaginations from this apex in Florence Italy the cupola 24 karat gold ball and cross acts as a kind of bridge to the past and a sort of beacon for thinking

Apex

The highest point or top of something.

Often appears as...

The highest point or most successful moment.

Often appears as...

The highest point in a group or organization.

Often appears as...

The innermost point of a curve or angle.

Often appears as...

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