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crowning achievement

NOUN

success story

Synonyms

WEAK

Meisterstuck best seller bull's-eye chef d'oeuvre classic coup crowning accomplishment crowning stroke feather in one's cap grand slam hole in one home run icing on the cake masterpiece masterwork showpiece smash hit work of a master work of a past master

Example Sentences

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Or will the 2025 Masters go down as his final, crowning achievement?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The wall would be a crowning achievement of Blakeman’s tenure as county executive in Nassau.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2025

And Chalamet has been hopping from New York to London to Brazil, touting “Marty Supreme” as his crowning achievement.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025

“That is my crowning achievement: I let down an entire nation at one time.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

Of all her whoppers, this was Grandma’s crowning achievement.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck