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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In 2023, the FAA reported nearly 2,000 incidents, which was a sharp decline from the height of the pandemic when mask mandates fueled many disputes.
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Kristin Wright, NPR, 23 Nov. 2025
The first allegations against the Usual Suspects star came in 2017, during the height of the #MeToo movement.
—Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
Even during the height of the Cold War, a time fraught with immense strategic and ideological rivalry, the two superpowers successfully avoided a nuclear exchange.
—Moritz S. Graefrath, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2025
Tisch’s decision to stay on as commissioner is likely to provide some level of comfort to city business leaders and others who worried that Mamdani’s past harsh rhetoric about the department during the height of Black Lives Matter protests would translate into radical changes at the NYPD.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025
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Kristin Wright, NPR, 23 Nov. 2025
The first allegations against the Usual Suspects star came in 2017, during the height of the #MeToo movement.
—Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
Even during the height of the Cold War, a time fraught with immense strategic and ideological rivalry, the two superpowers successfully avoided a nuclear exchange.
—Moritz S. Graefrath, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2025
Tisch’s decision to stay on as commissioner is likely to provide some level of comfort to city business leaders and others who worried that Mamdani’s past harsh rhetoric about the department during the height of Black Lives Matter protests would translate into radical changes at the NYPD.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025
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“The height of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20height%20of. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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