That cycle hit a new apex this week, when the New York Post published a report that raised numerous red flags suggesting a disinformation effort.
Five falsehoods spurring Republican concern about the election|Philip Bump|October 15, 2020|Washington Post
Bereaved widow Eve Harrington emerges from the shadowy alley in a rain-soaked trench coat, worms her way into stage actress Margo Channing’s inner-circle, then schemes and backstabs her way to the apex of the theater world.
‘All About Eve’ at 70|Tom Joudrey|September 25, 2020|Washington Blade
Images of the interior show sunlight pouring through an oculus at its apex.
Apple’s ‘most ambitious’ new store is a departure from its signature design|claychandler|September 8, 2020|Fortune
Both figures have fallen since the apex of pandemic lockdowns in May, but they remain above the peak of the Great Recession in 2009.
Sunday Magazine: A World in Need|Daniel Malloy|August 16, 2020|Ozy
But the KKK actually reached its apex of influence during the 1920s.
A Brief History of Wingnuts in America; From George Washington to Woodstock|John Avlon|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He died at the apex, after one of the best rides of his life, in the oldest rodeo.
The Death of a Rodeo Cowboy|Peter Richmond|May 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Its placing at the apex of British life is itself a little nuts, as the Ovation series shows.
The Cult of Royal Porn|Tim Teeman|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Gospel Tent at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, which opens today, is where Southern culture achieves an apex.
The Cradle of Jazz, Blues and Gospel Endlessly Rocking|Jason Berry|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It allows us to see ourselves as the apex of history, the culmination of an inevitable, upward surge of improvement.
How ‘Cosmos’ Bungles the History of Religion and Science|David Sessions|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In some way one of his legs had slipped between the branches, the angle of which became more acute, of course, toward the apex.
Our Bird Comrades|Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser
There they were, heaped up in an auriferous pyramid curiously balanced on its apex.
The World on Wheels and Other Sketches|Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) Taylor
A stick nailed to the apex of each pair of spars served temporarily to brace them apart.
The Scientific American Boy|A. Russell (Alexander Russell) Bond
The third glume is oblong or linear-oblong, hyaline, apex rounded, ciliate and faintly 2-nerved.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses|Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
Stamens 2, one each side of the upper lobe of the corolla, exserted; anther-cells confluent at the apex.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray
British Dictionary definitions for apex (1 of 2)
apex
/ (ˈeɪpɛks) /
nounpluralapexesorapices (ˈæpɪˌsiːz, ˈeɪ-)
the highest point; vertex
the pointed end or tip of something
a pinnacle or high point, as of a career, etc
Also called: solar apexastronomythe point on the celestial sphere, lying in the constellation Hercules, towards which the sun appears to move at a velocity of 20 kilometres per second relative to the nearest stars
Word Origin for apex
C17: from Latin: point
British Dictionary definitions for apex (2 of 2)
APEX
/ (ˈeɪpɛks) /
n acronym for
Advance Purchase Excursion: a reduced airline or long-distance rail fare that must be paid a specified number of days in advance
(in Britain) Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical, and Computer Staff