high tide
noun
1
: the tide when the water is at its greatest elevation
2
: culminating point : climax
the hide tide of the war effort
Examples of high tide in a Sentence
At high tide the water covers the rocks completely.
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The high tides happen twice a day, every day, when 100 billion tons of water flows into the bay.
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Miriam Porter, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Officials cautioned that high tide timing could vary by up to two hours depending on the location along the coast and around the bay.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
The park opened on that day, but flooding from high tides destroyed it in 1916.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2025
Water from the Hudson River can be seen overflowing a river wall at high tide as a woman jogs in front of the skyline of lower Manhattan in New York City on January 13, 2024, in Jersey City, New Jersey.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
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Miriam Porter, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Officials cautioned that high tide timing could vary by up to two hours depending on the location along the coast and around the bay.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
The park opened on that day, but flooding from high tides destroyed it in 1916.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2025
Water from the Hudson River can be seen overflowing a river wall at high tide as a woman jogs in front of the skyline of lower Manhattan in New York City on January 13, 2024, in Jersey City, New Jersey.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
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“High tide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20tide. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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