AIGUILLE Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

aiguille

noun

Definition of aiguille

as in pinnacle

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Noun

Youngsters romped through the crowd, happily indulging in eggthrowing or dunking-machine antics or trying to climb to the pinnacle of a greased pole, where a $20 bill waited.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026
But decades before industrial America transformed global horology in the latter half of the 19th century, the Founding Fathers lived in a world where mechanical timekeeping represented the pinnacle of craftsmanship, technology, and taste.

— Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 3 July 2026

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Both countries have stepped up efforts to safeguard freedom of navigation and uphold international law in the strait, including hosting a summit with 51 other nations in April.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
The French President hosted AI bosses at the G7 summit in June, and personally convinced SoftBank boss Masayoshi Son to invest tens of billions of dollars into AI data centers in the country.

— Kai Nicol-Schwarz,Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 4 July 2026

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Sirens, horns, and shouts to evacuate rang out in the West Bottoms and along Southwest Boulevard all morning, but the speed of the flooding still caught everyone off guard.

— Kansas City Public Library staff, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
And then there was the guy laying on the car horn somewhere nearby — oh wait, that’s just Javier Ocampo, 43, and his collapsible vuvuzela.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 28 June 2026

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Perched on a Chilean mountaintop, the telescope will point its eye at the southern sky for the next 10 years, taking hundreds of images per night.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
The observatory started initial operation last year and is perched on a mountaintop in Chile’s Atacama Desert, where dry air and clear skies make for optimal viewing conditions.

— Miriam Waldvogel, Washington Post, 30 June 2026

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