the height of
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—used to say that something is an extreme example of something
It was the height of stupidity to quit the team.
Long skirts are now the height of fashion.
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Japan’s retail investors unwound bullish bets in the yen during the height of a recent rally, potentially capping its gains as talk of official intervention buoyed the currency.
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Ruth Carson, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
The design features each Grand Slam logo framed within a tennis ball emblem, rendered in the tournament's signature colours, spanning the height of the plane.
—Paula Conway, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Is this really a more perilous time than during the height of the Cold War?
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
El Capitan is a roughly 3,000-foot sheer granite wall — more than twice the height of the Empire State Building — in the northern valley of Yosemite National Park in California.
—Melissa Gaffney, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
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Ruth Carson, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
The design features each Grand Slam logo framed within a tennis ball emblem, rendered in the tournament's signature colours, spanning the height of the plane.
—Paula Conway, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Is this really a more perilous time than during the height of the Cold War?
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
El Capitan is a roughly 3,000-foot sheer granite wall — more than twice the height of the Empire State Building — in the northern valley of Yosemite National Park in California.
—Melissa Gaffney, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
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“The height of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20height%20of. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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