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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But for many young people who started vaping at the height of the trend, a habit was set.
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John Daley - Colorado Public Radio, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
Pryor is at the height of his comic powers here, as smart and mercilessly funny about issues of race as anyone has ever been.
—Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
The couple tied the knot in 1999, at the height of their careers.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
But arena-filling stand-up success followed, which made Martin’s decision to walk away at the height of his popularity in 1980 to pursue a career in the movies especially bold.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
The complaint, as a whole, paints a picture of Apple in a similar moment to Microsoft at the height of its power.
—Allison Johnson, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
Israel had tens of thousands of soldiers in the Palestinian enclave at the height of the war, the outlet reported.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Ramadan – a month marked by Muslims across the world with daytime fasting, followed by an evening of food, sweets, prayer, and charity – had continued in Gaza even at the height of the last four Israel-Hamas wars and amid a stifling 17-year Israeli and Egyptian blockade.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2024
In early 2018, at the height of the first wave of crypto euphoria, XRP was trading with a market value of $132 billion, giving cofounder and executive chairman Chris Larsen a net worth of $8 billion.
—Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
John Daley - Colorado Public Radio, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
Pryor is at the height of his comic powers here, as smart and mercilessly funny about issues of race as anyone has ever been.
—Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
The couple tied the knot in 1999, at the height of their careers.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
But arena-filling stand-up success followed, which made Martin’s decision to walk away at the height of his popularity in 1980 to pursue a career in the movies especially bold.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
The complaint, as a whole, paints a picture of Apple in a similar moment to Microsoft at the height of its power.
—Allison Johnson, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
Israel had tens of thousands of soldiers in the Palestinian enclave at the height of the war, the outlet reported.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Ramadan – a month marked by Muslims across the world with daytime fasting, followed by an evening of food, sweets, prayer, and charity – had continued in Gaza even at the height of the last four Israel-Hamas wars and amid a stifling 17-year Israeli and Egyptian blockade.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2024
In early 2018, at the height of the first wave of crypto euphoria, XRP was trading with a market value of $132 billion, giving cofounder and executive chairman Chris Larsen a net worth of $8 billion.
—Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
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