high tide
noun
1
: the tide when the water is at its greatest elevation
2
: culminating point : climax
the hide tide of the war effort
Examples of high tide in a Sentence
At high tide the water covers the rocks completely.
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The pressure of high tide also causes more frequent earthquakes, slowly stressing the chamber to its breaking point, Kelley said.
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Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
Like Nevitt, for years now, people traveling to the bases during high tide events have had to take alternate routes.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
The website also noted that in 2015, a tourist from Pennsylvania visiting the north end of Edisto Island spotted a bone sticking out of the mud and collected several of them before they got washed away by the high tide.
—David Chiu, People.com, 27 May 2025
California's beaches are publicly owned on the water side of the high tide line.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 16 May 2025
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Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
Like Nevitt, for years now, people traveling to the bases during high tide events have had to take alternate routes.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
The website also noted that in 2015, a tourist from Pennsylvania visiting the north end of Edisto Island spotted a bone sticking out of the mud and collected several of them before they got washed away by the high tide.
—David Chiu, People.com, 27 May 2025
California's beaches are publicly owned on the water side of the high tide line.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 16 May 2025
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“High tide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20tide. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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