at the height of
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: at the most advanced or extreme point of (something)
He was at the height of his fame when he died.
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Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2025
Jack Schwartz Shoes was founded in 1936 at the height of the Great Depression.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, Trump, now seventy-nine, seems already to be fading; the MAGA movement, at the height of its power, faces the increasingly urgent question of what comes next.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
In 2021, Netflix acquired the next two Knives Out movies at the height of the streaming wars in a deal worth a staggering $469 million.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025
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“At the height of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20height%20of. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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