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as in pinnacles
the highest part or point
many regard the painting of the Sistine Chapel as the height of Michelangelo's career
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as in depths
the most extreme or advanced point
the student's defiant use of a cell phone during class was regarded by the professor as the height of insolence
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as in hills
an area of high ground
Gulliver, standing on a height near the shore, saw an island suspended above the sea
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Recent Examples of heights
One of the stranger traditions at Bills tailgate parties involves fans leaping from considerable heights — say the roof of an SUV — and doing a belly-flop onto a folding table that doesn’t stand a chance.
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Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Numerous attempts to break to new heights were repelled, pushing the price back to previous support levels.
—David Keller, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
Burnout reached new heights, and employees began to reassess their priorities.
—Dr. Marita Kinney, Bcc, Msc.d, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The Vanguard of Women’s Sports As women’s sports ascend to unprecedented heights, AI emerges as both a catalyst and a cornerstone of this evolution.
—Priya Oberoi, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Fast forward to this season and that quartet have reached new heights.
—Jay Harris, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
For all of the regular frenzy around soccer’s transfer market, Liverpool has reached its Christmas heights without getting involved in any transfer activity, and has proven transfers are not the only way to improve a team.
—James Nalton, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
After the fact, the creators had a group of non-NBA players of various heights stand in the same spots as the players and filmed them shooting hundreds of shots.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 24 Dec. 2024
As user bases expand and capital flows into the space, asset prices will follow suit, pushing the overall market capitalization to unprecedented heights.
—Leeor Shimron, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Numerous attempts to break to new heights were repelled, pushing the price back to previous support levels.
—David Keller, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
Burnout reached new heights, and employees began to reassess their priorities.
—Dr. Marita Kinney, Bcc, Msc.d, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The Vanguard of Women’s Sports As women’s sports ascend to unprecedented heights, AI emerges as both a catalyst and a cornerstone of this evolution.
—Priya Oberoi, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Fast forward to this season and that quartet have reached new heights.
—Jay Harris, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
For all of the regular frenzy around soccer’s transfer market, Liverpool has reached its Christmas heights without getting involved in any transfer activity, and has proven transfers are not the only way to improve a team.
—James Nalton, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
After the fact, the creators had a group of non-NBA players of various heights stand in the same spots as the players and filmed them shooting hundreds of shots.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 24 Dec. 2024
As user bases expand and capital flows into the space, asset prices will follow suit, pushing the overall market capitalization to unprecedented heights.
—Leeor Shimron, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heights
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Comments Winning an Oscar is considered one of the pinnacles of an actor's career.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
EW.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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The dogs danced excitedly beneath, and their howls and yelps reverberated up to us from the volcanic pinnacles that rose from the slope.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
13 Feb. 2025
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In particular, the ocean battle, with Kong chained to an aircraft carrier as Godzilla attacks from the depths, is a masterclass in tension, staging and environment-building rarely seen in modern blockbuster cinema.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Dope Thief enlivens the formula with a pair of performances from Brian Tyree Henry and Wagner Moura that plunge us into the depths of male loneliness, then pull us out of the dark with a tender, vulnerable friendship that is as gooey and soft as the show surrounding it is bleak and bloody.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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Red and brown cliffs, varnished by thousands of years of high-desert weather, towered on either side of me.—
Derek M. Norman,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2025
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Remove the economic cliffs that prohibit people from climbing the ladder of success without the risk of losing public resources.—
Len Fasano,
Hartford Courant,
8 Jan. 2025
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Civil and military pilots who commanded X-15 aircraft to altitudes above 81 kilometers (50 miles) during a test campaign in the 1960s, for example, were given astronaut wings.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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Despite the difficulties of construction at high altitudes, the structure was built well ahead of schedule, and cost around $283 million.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Apr. 2025
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When things go perfectly, desert wildflowers at lower elevations—including the valley floor at Death Valley—will begin to appear in mid-February and last until mid-April.—
Deb Hopewell,
AFAR Media,
24 Mar. 2025
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Lower elevations often don’t see blooms until late May to early July, and at higher elevations, wildflowers appear well into August and September.—
Deb Hopewell,
AFAR Media,
24 Mar. 2025
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The strongest winds and driest conditions are expected across the foothills and portions of the adjacent mountains, where a Red Flag Warning is in effect.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2025
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Choosing your own route through the mountains reinjects some of that uncertainty—the possibility of prediction error—into the experience.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Heights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heights. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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