high table
noun
: an elevated table in the dining room of a British college for use by the master and fellows and distinguished guests
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Emerging powers have long complained that they have been excluded from the global high table.
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Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
Another example is Babar for Glas Italia, a series of low and high tables produced entirely from leftover materials from the company’s production.
—Kissa Castaneda, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Across our high table, Ian McNulty offered a gentle warning.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
There are children eating from high tables downstairs and octogenarians playing cards upstairs.
—Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
Another example is Babar for Glas Italia, a series of low and high tables produced entirely from leftover materials from the company’s production.
—Kissa Castaneda, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Across our high table, Ian McNulty offered a gentle warning.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
There are children eating from high tables downstairs and octogenarians playing cards upstairs.
—Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for high table
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“High table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20table. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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