as in everywhere
in every place or in all places
I've been looking high and low for my glasses
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Recent Examples of high and low
Zillow calculates the value of a typical home using the average middle third of home values (eliminating statistical anomalies at the high and low end).
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
The high and low tables sit side-by-side.
—Alexa Stone
january 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2026
As shippers frontloaded their goods to get ahead of import taxes, cargo volumes swung high and low.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
On Christmas Eve, Godwin and choreographer Alexa Moffett searched high and low for the perfect rock, then practiced having Moffett gift it to Godwin, Godwin shared on her Instagram Story.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 26 Dec. 2025
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
The high and low tables sit side-by-side.
—Alexa Stone
january 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2026
As shippers frontloaded their goods to get ahead of import taxes, cargo volumes swung high and low.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
On Christmas Eve, Godwin and choreographer Alexa Moffett searched high and low for the perfect rock, then practiced having Moffett gift it to Godwin, Godwin shared on her Instagram Story.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 26 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high and low
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The different textures that casting directors are looking everywhere to find doesn’t just mean assembling a diverse but complementary set of faces for the audience to look at.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 2026
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The easy solution to the practice’s energy drain, Scott says, is making sure that electricity is coming from renewable sources—a switch that snow towns everywhere from Quebec to the French Alps have already made.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
9 Feb. 2026
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Minter has been patient and looked far and wide in assembling his first staff.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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The loss was felt far and wide as the person everyone turned to for a smile is now gone.—
Jessica Riley,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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“High and low.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20and%20low. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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