as in everywhere
in every place or in all places
I've been looking high and low for my glasses
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Sandoval, again taking leading-lady duties, plays Dahlia, a cop reporting to Bernal (Dennis Marasigan), a shady police chief with friends in both high and low places in Manila, a city still under martial law in 1979.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026
Prestige hierarchies can be steep, with clear differences between high and low status.
—Thomas Morgan, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2026
Shifting the center differential between high and low and locking it was done via an honest-to-goodness shifter, too.
—Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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).
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026
Prestige hierarchies can be steep, with clear differences between high and low status.
—Thomas Morgan, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2026
Shifting the center differential between high and low and locking it was done via an honest-to-goodness shifter, too.
—Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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).
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high and low
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The Freedom Plane National Tour invites Americans everywhere to see firsthand the records and ideals that shaped our Confidential – Not for Public Consumption or Distribution exceptional nation.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Mar. 2026
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The federal government also funded more than a hundred thousand programs across the country and, relying on rudimentary punch-card computers, kept track of everything going on everywhere and made that information available all over.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Its iconic intrecciato weave has been loved far and wide, not just because of its appearance, but because of its detailed construction that sits quietly—yet makes a statement on its own.—
Kevin Huynh,
InStyle,
27 Feb. 2026
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Today, 15 of the 16 titles for the Series Mania Forum pitch were announced, with projects coming from as far and wide as Kyrgyzstan to Canada.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
27 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 4 Mar. 2026.
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