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
Adverb
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After the Pac-12 collapsed in 2024, scattering the remaining teams to various NCAA conferences, questions around the women’s programs were everywhere.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Saatva has ranked highly everywhere from our list of best duvet covers to hybrid mattresses.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
9 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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New horizons call as the shimmering Sun in your curious 9th house trines buoyant Jupiter, filling you with inspiration to travel far and wide (literally or mentally).—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2026
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Gusty winds carry pollen far and wide, while a late-season frost pauses tree growth and temporarily slows pollen production.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
4 Mar. 2026
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“High and low.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20and%20low. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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