high summer

idiom

: in the middle of summer
The town is filled with tourists in high summer.

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On a stroll through New York City yesterday, Hathaway’s outfit offered a fun solution for not sacking off your denim in the high summer heat just yet. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 10 July 2025 Welcome to the eve of the July 4 holiday, the official beginning of high summer. Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025 News spread locally in Brooksville and the surrounding Blue Hill Peninsula, an area with deep ties to the farm-to-table movement, and today Tinder Hearth serves upward of 300 people per night during the short high summer season of July and August. Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2025 The sneakers have bandana scarf patterns that are heavily featured in the designer’s 2025 high summer capsule collection. Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for high summer

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“High summer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20summer. Accessed 17 Jul. 2025.

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