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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The family of four often traveled domestically to new places together, drove short distances to visit family and frequented amusement parks – but all of that has come to a pause in the height of uncertainty surrounding immigration operations throughout the state.
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Upright To reduce the height of an upright juniper through crown reduction, cut back the leader to a junction where an upward-facing side branch is attached.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2026
Jackson was especially present during the height of his political career in the 1980s.
—Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2026
In 1969, around the height of anti-Vietnam War protests and the Third World Liberation Front movement on campuses, the faculty at American universities were closer in political alignment to the general public.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026
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Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
Upright To reduce the height of an upright juniper through crown reduction, cut back the leader to a junction where an upward-facing side branch is attached.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2026
Jackson was especially present during the height of his political career in the 1980s.
—Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2026
In 1969, around the height of anti-Vietnam War protests and the Third World Liberation Front movement on campuses, the faculty at American universities were closer in political alignment to the general public.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026
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“The height of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20height%20of. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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