efflorescences

noun

plural of efflorescence
as in flowerings

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  1. pinnacles
  2. summits
  3. zeniths
Noun
  • Set the scene The resort sprawls across 10,000 square meters of AlUla’s Ashar Valley, a broad swath of pale desert surrounded by otherworldly rock pinnacles.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of pinnacles
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  • Its official opening this month is the latest sign of warming ties between Beijing and Pyongyang, after two summits between their leaders in the past 13 months.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Law enforcement was deployed to contain the upheaval, and the government is holding public security summits on Monday to handle future responses.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of summits
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  • Her materials include those most basic elements of the earth—geology—and her forms borrow from totems, obelisks, prehistoric megaliths, and Indigenous Caribbean zeniths.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of zeniths
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“Efflorescences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/efflorescences. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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