the height of

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—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 near silence amid the height of the pandemic prompted Johnson’s campaign for noise barriers. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 26 July 2026 By the time crews arrived at the scene, somewhere between 3 and 4 feet of water and mud had accumulated in the theater, engulfing all of the ground floor seats and rising to the height of the elevated stage. — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026 One solution would be a relatively simple expansion of the southern end of the Stadium of Light to mirror the height of the west and north. — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 22 July 2026 During the height of shortages, compounded GLP-1 medications—produced by licensed pharmacies under FDA exceptions—became a lifeline for many patients. — Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for the height of

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“The height of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20height%20of. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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