mountaintops

noun

plural of mountaintop
as in summits

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  1. summits
  2. pinnacles
  3. horns
Noun
  • Trump has also failed to hold the annual summits of the Quad, raising doubts that the United States is committed to that security partnership and to preventing Chinese dominance across Asia.
    — C. Raja Mohan, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The Big Ten and SEC held a pair of conquer-the-world summits during the 2024-25 school year, seeming ready to direct the future of the sport.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of summits
Noun
  • Fourteen years earlier, his debut feature, Ossessione, had effectively birthed Italian neorealism, and Visconti had followed it up with La Terra Trema (1948), one of the absolute pinnacles of the movement.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 July 2026
  • The Ed Sullivan Theater, which first opened in 1927, is a 13-story shadow box preserving bits from a rich history of pop culture pinnacles past.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Definition of pinnacles
Noun
  • Fans give the devil horns signs at the AC/DC concert on Thursday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
    — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • These horns come from the African greater kudu antelope and are rooted in the traditions of Yemenite Jewry.
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of horns
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“Mountaintops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountaintops. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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