Synonyms of high and low
Examples of high and low in a Sentence
I've been looking high and low for my glasses.
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After more than a year of hunting high and low for the perfect modern platform bed for her small apartment, our shopping director Lori Keong finally chanced upon this Scandi-style option on Etsy from a small woodworking business based in Denver, Colorado.
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Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 13 Mar. 2026
House Majority Leader Scott Odenbach, R-Spearfish, has a bill moving through the Legislature that would use the eight-year market average, throwing out the high and low numbers, to set taxable values for individual properties with a goal of moderating spikes in valuations and taxes.
—Meghan O'Brien, States Newsroom, 27 Feb. 2026
The three actors spend the bulk of their time explaining how things went down in real time, as opposed to rattling off high and low lights.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
The whinny is an unusual combination of both high and low-pitched sounds — like a cross between a grunt and a squeal — that come out at the same time.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
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Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 13 Mar. 2026
House Majority Leader Scott Odenbach, R-Spearfish, has a bill moving through the Legislature that would use the eight-year market average, throwing out the high and low numbers, to set taxable values for individual properties with a goal of moderating spikes in valuations and taxes.
—Meghan O'Brien, States Newsroom, 27 Feb. 2026
The three actors spend the bulk of their time explaining how things went down in real time, as opposed to rattling off high and low lights.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
The whinny is an unusual combination of both high and low-pitched sounds — like a cross between a grunt and a squeal — that come out at the same time.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
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“High and low.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20and%20low. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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