at the height of
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: at the most advanced or extreme point of (something)
He was at the height of his fame when he died.
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Three years later, at the height of his Dawson’s fame, the actor starred in The Rules of Attraction, a black comedy based on Brett Easton Ellis’ book.
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Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
The flood of public artist comments marks a rare case of clients publicly calling on a sitting top executive at the height of his power to step down.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
In 2020, there was internal pushback within Nike by Black employees who wanted the company to acknowledge shortcomings in the company’s own workforce diversity before putting out an advertisement at the height of the Black Lives Matter movement featuring LeBron James and Megan Rapinoe.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Feb. 2026
That reality came to the fore in the mid-19th century, at the height of the United States’ continental imperialism.
—Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2026
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Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
The flood of public artist comments marks a rare case of clients publicly calling on a sitting top executive at the height of his power to step down.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
In 2020, there was internal pushback within Nike by Black employees who wanted the company to acknowledge shortcomings in the company’s own workforce diversity before putting out an advertisement at the height of the Black Lives Matter movement featuring LeBron James and Megan Rapinoe.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Feb. 2026
That reality came to the fore in the mid-19th century, at the height of the United States’ continental imperialism.
—Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2026
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“At the height of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20height%20of. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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