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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The prosecution also accused Lai of making such requests, highlighting his meetings with former Vice President Mike Pence and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in July 2019 at the height of the protests.
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CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
Eighty years ago, at the height of World War II, the Hanford site forged the plutonium that would help end the war and usher in a new atomic era.
—New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2025
Even at the height of Philip's football career, faith and family remained the couple’s top priorities.
—Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
Many mainstream experts have been drawing from the same playbook that COVID skeptics used at the height of the pandemic.
—Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2025
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CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
Eighty years ago, at the height of World War II, the Hanford site forged the plutonium that would help end the war and usher in a new atomic era.
—New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2025
Even at the height of Philip's football career, faith and family remained the couple’s top priorities.
—Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
Many mainstream experts have been drawing from the same playbook that COVID skeptics used at the height of the pandemic.
—Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 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 21 Dec. 2025.
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