high point
noun
: the best time or stage of something
Our trip to the museum was the high point of our vacation.
the high point of her career
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Over the next week, trade rumblings will reach a high point.
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Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
That, however, would be the high point of a miserable night for the Mariners.
—George Ramsay, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
The passage is a high point of his œuvre and, by extension, in the history of literature.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Speakers noted that chronic absenteeism is down 30% from that high point, though it is still elevated for some groups, particularly Latino, Black and Indigenous students.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
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Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
That, however, would be the high point of a miserable night for the Mariners.
—George Ramsay, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
The passage is a high point of his œuvre and, by extension, in the history of literature.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Speakers noted that chronic absenteeism is down 30% from that high point, though it is still elevated for some groups, particularly Latino, Black and Indigenous students.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
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“High Point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/High%20Point. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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High Point
geographical name
city in north central North Carolina southwest of Greensboro population 104,371
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