Apex
noun
The highest point or top of something.
The apex of the mountain was covered in snow.
Often appears as...
- reach the apex
- apex of the career
noun
The highest point or most successful moment.
He was at the apex of his career when he won the Nobel prize.
Often appears as...
- at the apex
- apex of success
noun
The highest point in a group or organization.
She worked her way up to the apex of the company.
Often appears as...
- at the apex
- apex of the organization
noun
The innermost point of a curve or angle.
The lines intersect at the apex of the triangle.
Often appears as...
- at the apex
- apex of the curve
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noun
The highest point or top of something.
The apex of the mountain was covered in snow.
Often appears as...
- reach the apex
- apex of the career
noun
The highest point or most successful moment.
He was at the apex of his career when he won the Nobel prize.
Often appears as...
- at the apex
- apex of success
noun
The highest point in a group or organization.
She worked her way up to the apex of the company.
Often appears as...
- at the apex
- apex of the organization
noun
The innermost point of a curve or angle.
The lines intersect at the apex of the triangle.
Often appears as...
- at the apex
- apex of the curve
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Metaphorical Use
Used to describe a person's greatest achievement or highest point in life, not just physical places.
Winning the championship was the apex of her sporting career.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Peak
Can imply a sense of pride or accomplishment when referring to reaching high points.
He felt at the apex of happiness on his wedding day.
Pro Tip 1/2Metaphorical Use
Used to describe a person's greatest achievement or highest point in life, not just physical places.
Winning the championship was the apex of her sporting career.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Peak
Can imply a sense of pride or accomplishment when referring to reaching high points.
He felt at the apex of happiness on his wedding day.
Pro Tip 1/2Metaphorical Use
Used to describe a person's greatest achievement or highest point in life, not just physical places.
Winning the championship was the apex of her sporting career.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Peak
Can imply a sense of pride or accomplishment when referring to reaching high points.
He felt at the apex of happiness on his wedding day.
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Greg Asner: Ecology from...
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
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Why are sharks so...
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?
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Photographing the Wild...
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
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Stefano Mancuso: The...
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
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The difference between...
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,
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The hidden worlds within...
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
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The ferocious predatory...
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.
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Deep Sea Shark Stakeout...
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.
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Swimming Cricket Bites...
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
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The building of...
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
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Greg Asner: Ecology from...
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
Video examples
Why are sharks so...
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?
Video examples
Photographing the Wild...
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
Video examples
Stefano Mancuso: The...
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
Video examples
The difference between...
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,
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The hidden worlds within...
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
Video examples
The ferocious predatory...
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.
Video examples
Deep Sea Shark Stakeout...
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.
Video examples
Swimming Cricket Bites...
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
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The building of...
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
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Lynn Coady
Canadian Novelist
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.
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Conrad Anker
American Athlete
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.
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Tadao Ando
Japanese Architect
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.
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Elise Stefanik
American Politician
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.
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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.
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Rutger Bregman
Dutch Historian
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.
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Thomas Kaplan
American Businessman
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.
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Paul Di Filippo
American Writer
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.
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Peter Benchley
American Author
Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain.
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Gallant
American Musician
My live show is almost like a meditation. An emotional apex - that's what I want it to feel like.
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Lynn Coady
Canadian Novelist
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.
Quote examples
Conrad Anker
American Athlete
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.
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Tadao Ando
Japanese Architect
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.
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Elise Stefanik
American Politician
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.
Quote examples
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.
Quote examples
Rutger Bregman
Dutch Historian
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.
Quote examples
Thomas Kaplan
American Businessman
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.
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Paul Di Filippo
American Writer
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.
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Peter Benchley
American Author
Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain.
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Gallant
American Musician
My live show is almost like a meditation. An emotional apex - that's what I want it to feel like.
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