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"description": "The word for today is…\n\napogee (noun) -\n\n1: the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth\nalso : the point farthest from a planet or a satellite (such as the moon) reached by an object orbiting it\n2: the farthest or highest point : culmination\n\nSource : Merriam-Webster\n\nEtymology : Apogee is often used in its figurative sense, signifying the high point of a career, endeavor, or state (“she was at the apo",
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"textContent": "The word for today is…\n\napogee (noun) -\n\n1: the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth\nalso : the point farthest from a planet or a satellite (such as the moon) reached by an object orbiting it\n2: the farthest or highest point : culmination\n\nSource : Merriam-Webster\n\nEtymology : Apogee is often used in its figurative sense, signifying the high point of a career, endeavor, or state (“she was at the apogee of her profession”). This meaning developed as a metaphorical extension of the word’s astronomical sense, denoting the farthest distance from earth of an object orbiting the planet. A number of other English words that are synonymous with apogee have followed a similar path of figurative development from a technical meaning. Climax (“the most interesting and exciting part of something”) came into English as a term for a series of phrases arranged in ascending order of rhetorical forcefulness. And, very much like apogee, culmination (“the final result of something”) is also rooted in astronomy: it originally referred to the highest point a celestial body reaches in its daily revolution (for example, the sun’s height at noon).\n\n**_If you enjoyed this Good Oil word of the day please consider sharing it with your friends and, especially, your children._**",
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