zenith
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day

zenith

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 16, 20262 min
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 16, 2026 is: zenith \ZEE-nith\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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It's the Word of the Day podcast for October 16th.

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Zenith is a noun spelled z-e-n-i-t-h.

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It's the Word of the Day podcast for October 16th. Today's word is zenith, also pronounced in British and Canadian English as zenith. Zenith is a noun spelled z-e-n-i-t-h. Zenith refers to the strongest or most successful period of time for a person or thing.

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Here's the word used in a sentence from boston.com. The opening 40 minutes of Tran Anhong's dreamy romance set in the 1889 French countryside are the zenith of food preparation on the big screen. Food is a love language for many, and watching Pauline prepare a baked Alaska in the hot

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French summer without a freezer expresses her affection better than any sonnet could. When you reach the zenith you're at the top, the pinnacle, the summit, the peak. Zenith developed from a Spanish modification of an Arabic phrase meaning the way over one's head, traveling through medieval Latin and Middle French before arriving in English. As long ago as the 1300s,

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