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highs

noun

plural of high

as in ecstasies

a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion it took days for the high of the World Series win to wear off

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as in skies

the expanse of air surrounding the earth V formations of honking geese on high mean winter will soon be here

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Recent Examples of highs After a toasty Thursday, afternoon highs are again expected to reach the 90s on Friday. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Prices for diesel, the workhorse fuel that powers trucks, tractors, trains and construction vehicles, hit all-time highs last month but has since backed away a bit. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026 When deficits and the debt-to-GDP ratio reach unsustainable highs, bond buyers conclude that the government’s current policies are not credible and must change. — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 Downtown Los Angeles is expected to reach highs of 99 to 103 degrees, warmer valleys between 102 and 107 degrees, and coastal areas from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles could reach 90 to 98 degrees over the weekend, the weather service forecast states. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Yields on French government bonds are now trading near multi-decade highs, with government borrowing costs now among the highest in the G7 group of advanced economies. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 Temperature highs are at 83 degrees with winds blowing north at 15 mph and gusts as high as 25 mph, according to NWS Melbourne. — Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026 Amid the rain and clouds, temperatures will remain near normal, with highs generally in the upper 80s and lower 90s, and low temps ranging from the lower 70s to upper 70s. — Juan Ortega, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026

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Noun

But by the New York Times bestselling author and pop culture essayist’s own admission, no topic has loomed larger or longer in his mind than the ironies, ecstasies and singularity of American football.

— Zack Ruskin, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2026

Definition of ecstasies

Noun

Thick clouds threatened all morning to halt the countdown but in the end, the skies cleared enough to allow for a safe liftoff.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
Fall-like temperatures will hover around 65 degrees on Friday, 69 degrees on Saturday, and 73 degrees on Sunday under sunny skies.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of skies

Noun

Putting the city to paper was its own journey, but Painter faced some unexpected joys throughout the writing process.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
The resulting feature centers on the challenges, joys and intimate journeys of being born with a body outside the physical definitions of male or female, explored through the lives of intersex individuals in India, Brazil and the United States.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of joys

Noun

This world’s heavens are lit with cosmic rays, its cityscapes otherworldly — everything seems to service an unabashed romanticism.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
And thanks to Tucson’s extraordinarily dark heavens, the Sonoran skyscape takes center stage with Peace Among the Stars.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of heavens

Noun

Nothing has degraded more for Latino men, however, than the simple pleasures of life.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
With all that said, there are still a lot of pleasures in this production that remain failsafe, even after the ride toward a way-too-inevitable outcome is firmly on its tracks.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of pleasures

Noun

These stages, often tucked away from the noise of the headliners, tend to be a trove of delights, giving up-and-comers a chance to play to the biggest crowds of their careers.

— Stuart Heritage, Air Mail, 19 Sep. 2026
Here, the now-local shares the shoulder-season delights that keep her on-island year-round as well as her favorite hotel-slash-taverna for a warming meal and stay.

— Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of delights

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