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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During the height of the pandemic, for example, the Trump presidential campaign filed lawsuits that unsuccessfully challenged state decisions to automatically mail absentee ballots to people registered to vote.
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Michael T. Morley, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
But that decade also was during the height of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
—Sherri Gordon, Clc, Parents, 21 Oct. 2024
And Spit on the Broom was a surrealist doc that put the history of the African American women’s group the United Order of Tents, a clandestine organization organized in the 1840s during the height of the Underground Railroad, center stage.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2024
Rufus Wainwright calls Donald Trump playing 'Hallelujah' cover during rally 'the height of blasphemy'
Later in the segment, Kimmel played another clip from Trump's podcast appearance.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Michael T. Morley, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
But that decade also was during the height of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
—Sherri Gordon, Clc, Parents, 21 Oct. 2024
And Spit on the Broom was a surrealist doc that put the history of the African American women’s group the United Order of Tents, a clandestine organization organized in the 1840s during the height of the Underground Railroad, center stage.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2024
Rufus Wainwright calls Donald Trump playing 'Hallelujah' cover during rally 'the height of blasphemy'
Later in the segment, Kimmel played another clip from Trump's podcast appearance.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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