: a high stage of the water in a river or lake
also
: high tide sense 1
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
This is the high-water mark of Atlanta retrofuturism, of creeping into the red and finding sacred scrolls on DatPiff.
—Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2025
John Leos, AZCentral.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Both Michigan and Indiana have taken this issue up to their respective Supreme Courts, ultimately protecting the right to walk on Great Lakes beaches below the high water mark.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
September, a ‘high-water’ mark While Tuesday’s report will have a more-partial-than-typical picture of the labor market, a slew of private and public data released in recent weeks has helped fill in the blanks.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
This is the high-water mark of Atlanta retrofuturism, of creeping into the red and finding sacred scrolls on DatPiff.
—Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2025
Noun
Their concerns center around air and noise pollution, decreasing property values and the high water and energy consumption associated with data centers, especially because the neighboring communities are dependent on groundwater.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Both Michigan and Indiana have taken this issue up to their respective Supreme Courts, ultimately protecting the right to walk on Great Lakes beaches below the high water mark.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
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“High-water.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-water. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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