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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The disruption affects one of Europe’s busiest international rail corridors at the height of the New Year travel season.
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Reuters, NBC news, 30 Dec. 2025
Flora was born into one of the wealthiest families in the United States in 1897, at the height of the Gilded Age.
—Fiona Donovan, Vanity Fair, 30 Dec. 2025
This new law, which was passed at the height of federal immigration enforcement this fall under Operation Midway Blitz, prohibits civil arrests in and around Illinois courthouses, and allows anyone falsely arrested around or at court to sue for up to $10,000 in damages.
—Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
The original stone walls of the hotel date back more than 600 years to a shipyard built at the height of the Ottoman Empire.
—Jackie Caradonio, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
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Reuters, NBC news, 30 Dec. 2025
Flora was born into one of the wealthiest families in the United States in 1897, at the height of the Gilded Age.
—Fiona Donovan, Vanity Fair, 30 Dec. 2025
This new law, which was passed at the height of federal immigration enforcement this fall under Operation Midway Blitz, prohibits civil arrests in and around Illinois courthouses, and allows anyone falsely arrested around or at court to sue for up to $10,000 in damages.
—Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
The original stone walls of the hotel date back more than 600 years to a shipyard built at the height of the Ottoman Empire.
—Jackie Caradonio, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
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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 2 Jan. 2026.
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