How to Use apogee in a Sentence

apogee

noun
Definition of apogeenext
Synonyms for apogeenext
  • Still, the five-day Test match is the apogee of the sport.
    — Chris Stokel-Walker, chicagotribune.com, 14 May 2018
  • The new grand manner is again showing us the course of empire, on the far side of the apogee.
    — Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Many will argue that GT4 was the apogee of the series (and this fifth place here is too low down the list).
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 22 Aug. 2019
  • That was 20-odd years ago, when mass media were at their apogee.
    — Frank Rose, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2021
  • In 1999, with the dot-com boom near its apogee, Angie’s List moved online.
    — Daniel E. Slotnik, New York Times, 14 May 2023
  • For some members of the family this was the apogee of their careers.
    — The Economist, 25 Oct. 2019
  • The apogee of the flight is never high enough for a parachute to act as a safety feature.
    — James McCommons, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2015
  • Even reaching apogee would’ve been great, so controlling all way to putting the crater in the right spot was epic!!
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Andreas Christensen, a Dane, is the apogee of Chelsea’s youth system.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2018
  • The difference between a perigee and an apogee is a small fraction of that.
    — Robin Andrews, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • The Flying Cloud, while not the largest clipper ever built, may be taken for the apogee of this trend.
    — Randall Fuller, WSJ, 19 July 2018
  • Jeff Bezos cried while in flight, close to the flight’s 107-kilometer apogee.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 20 July 2021
  • This was the junior-squash world at its pre-pandemic apogee—the Hunger Games for the ruling class.
    — Ruth S. Barrett, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2020
  • This month happens to feature the farthest apogee Moon, which is a mere 1.7 days after the eclipse.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • A minimoon happens when the moon is at its furthest point from Earth (called the apogee).
    — Cailey Rizzo, Fox News, 8 June 2017
  • That’s because the moon will be at apogee, or the farthest point in its roughly four-week orbit.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2019
  • When the moon reaches its closest point to Earth, this is called perigee; its furthest point from Earth is known as apogee.
    — Meghan Willcoxon, Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2022
  • The suborbital launch on a Black Brant sounding rocket reached an apogee of 243 km.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 8 July 2022
  • The film marks the apogee of Eastwood and Leone spaghetti western cinema.
    — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 23 May 2022
  • Suborbital speed is about 13% of an orbital flight, and the apogee is only one-quarter to one-fifth as high.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes, 16 June 2022
  • Faith in the presidency may have reached its apogee soon after the Second World War.
    — Ken Burns, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Extreme perigees and apogees, or the most distant point in the orbit, happen on a predictable basis.
    — Fox News, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Martin’s obsession with soup reaches its apogee in A Dance With Dragons, the fifth book in the cycle.
    — Jacob Mikanowski, Slate Magazine, 5 July 2017
  • That's a higher apogee than what Virgin Galactic has reached to date.
    — Algernon D'ammassa, USA TODAY, 10 July 2021
  • Just remember that glass lenses, still the apogee of optics, are not meant for impact sports.
    — Mike Steere, Outside Online, 27 May 2022
  • That being said, the moon could be closer to its furthest point from the Earth, called its apogee, which means its moving slower through the Earth’s shadow.
    — Rick Green, courant.com, 19 Nov. 2021
  • From that apogee — the top of the rocket’s arc — the instrument will measure nitric oxide levels.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 25 Jan. 2020
  • Friday’s moon appeared as a minimoon, which happens when the moon is at its furthest point from Earth, known as the apogee.
    — Fox News, 12 June 2017
  • But not until 1793 and the revolutionary Reign of Terror did the prison reach its hideous apogee as a scene of suffering.
    — Bruce Dale, National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
  • This type of solar eclipse occurs when a new moon is near its farthest point from Earth (called its apogee), forming a straight line with the Earth and the sun—an event that occurs once a year.
    — Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 16 June 2020

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