the height of
idiom
—used to say that something is an extreme example of something
It was the height of stupidity to quit the team.
Long skirts are now the height of fashion.
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The trend is unmistakable and the timing extremely telling: Unlike Columbia — which only acted last year — Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth all dropped their testing requirements in June of 2020, during the height of the Covid-19 crisis.
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The Editors, National Review, 16 Apr. 2024
The images also illustrate the height of the six-story establishment, which overlooks Nashville's bustling Broadway.
—Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
The inspector will verify home ownership or rental agreements, as well as check the items that have been damaged and determine the height of the watermark in the home.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
Despite being made on a lunch-money budget during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the film has presented the world with the only viable path forward for superhero cinema.
—Abraham Josephine Riesman, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
Several studies included in the review looked at what happened during the height of the Covid pandemic, when people were isolated and had less physical contact with others.
—Joanne Silberner, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Before this year, only 17 men – and no women – had ever completed all five loops of the race, which covers somewhere between 100 and 130 miles and takes in 63,000 feet of elevation – more than twice the height of Mount Everest.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
Despite reaching the height of rock stardom over the past 22 years, the Black Keys have rarely strayed too far from their roots.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 Apr. 2024
In September — often the height of California’s fire season — the agency’s statewide wildland firefighting force had a vacancy rate of 35%.
—ProPublica, 16 Mar. 2024
The Editors, National Review, 16 Apr. 2024
The images also illustrate the height of the six-story establishment, which overlooks Nashville's bustling Broadway.
—Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
The inspector will verify home ownership or rental agreements, as well as check the items that have been damaged and determine the height of the watermark in the home.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
Despite being made on a lunch-money budget during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the film has presented the world with the only viable path forward for superhero cinema.
—Abraham Josephine Riesman, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
Several studies included in the review looked at what happened during the height of the Covid pandemic, when people were isolated and had less physical contact with others.
—Joanne Silberner, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Before this year, only 17 men – and no women – had ever completed all five loops of the race, which covers somewhere between 100 and 130 miles and takes in 63,000 feet of elevation – more than twice the height of Mount Everest.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
Despite reaching the height of rock stardom over the past 22 years, the Black Keys have rarely strayed too far from their roots.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 Apr. 2024
In September — often the height of California’s fire season — the agency’s statewide wildland firefighting force had a vacancy rate of 35%.
—ProPublica, 16 Mar. 2024
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