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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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Recent Examples of highs
Friday into the weekend are preliminarily expected to remain partly sunny, with highs reaching up into the 60s through Sunday, forecasts show.
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Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
All told, Martone’s five shots and nine shot attempts were team highs.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Daily highs will be in the low to mid-70s.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2026
It's been riding a steady uptrend and is now tightening just below the highs around $80.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2026
Gold's price trajectory went from reaching new record highs month after month to declining and then surging back, with even more ups and downs in between.
—Aly J Yale, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
While egg prices have fallen sharply after reaching historic highs, other everyday staples—including beef and coffee—are now seeing some of the fastest price increases.
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Widespread highs by Tuesday and Wednesday will likely be in the 60s.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
The same supply disruptions driving those Asian measures are now pushing American gas prices to three-year highs.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
All told, Martone’s five shots and nine shot attempts were team highs.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Daily highs will be in the low to mid-70s.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2026
It's been riding a steady uptrend and is now tightening just below the highs around $80.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2026
Gold's price trajectory went from reaching new record highs month after month to declining and then surging back, with even more ups and downs in between.
—Aly J Yale, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
While egg prices have fallen sharply after reaching historic highs, other everyday staples—including beef and coffee—are now seeing some of the fastest price increases.
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Widespread highs by Tuesday and Wednesday will likely be in the 60s.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
The same supply disruptions driving those Asian measures are now pushing American gas prices to three-year highs.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for highs
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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
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Expect clear skies overnight in the Philadelphia region, which will lead to mostly sunny skies throughout the day on Monday.—
Andrew Kozak,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Spring weather can be unpredictable, with sudden shifts from sunny skies to rain and thunderstorms.—
HECTOR AMEZCUA,
Sacbee.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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Lane was gifted with that kind of face and personality, too, replete with diagonal eyebrows that join his cheekbones in a quizzical demeanor that, throughout his career, has signaled the joys of life.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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What have been some of the joys of getting to know these astronauts who are the farthest anyone’s ever been from Earth?—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Close by, Cassiopeia the Queen and Cepheus the King hang high in the northwest heavens in the early evening.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
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These injudicious, blunt-force tariffs do get undone almost as quickly as they are slapped on, thank heavens.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
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The fact that the work continues to surprise and challenge Solomon seems to be one of its greatest pleasures.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2026
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But the problem with utilitarianism is that just as the subjective, first-person experiences of sensory perceptions cannot be compared among individuals, neither can pleasures and pains.—
George G. Szpiro,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
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One of this play’s many delights arrives when down-market, undereducated Becky comes face-to-face with the aristocratic Susan, their similarities soon as peculiar and glaring as their differences.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
6 Apr. 2026
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Whether biennials or museum shows, exhibitions are spaces for learning about images, the world, and the pains and delights of being alive.—
Raphael Fonseca,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Highs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highs. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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