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crowning

[krou-ning]

adjective

  1. representing a level of surpassing achievement, attainment, etc.; supreme.

    crowning accomplishment.

  2. forming or providing a crown, crow, crown, top, or summit.

    a crowning star on a Christmas tree.



crowning

/ ˈʊɪŋ /

noun

  1. obstetrics the stage of labour when the infant's head is passing through the vaginal opening

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It was her crowning as Miss Botswana in 2022 that raised her profile and enabled her to campaign for social change, while trying to inspire other young women.

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But Cardinal Gray's crowning moment was in 1982 when Scotland welcomed a serving Pope for the first time.

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In a crowning irony, even at the expense of 14.5 million lives lost, fully mechanized Soviet agriculture was no more efficient than the system it replaced.

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He believes this year's World Championships in Tokyo will provide his crowning moment.

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Powell and Davies lied and told the dealers they had had permission from the landowner to dig, before producing the crowning glory of the find - three pieces of gold jewellery.

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