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 show was the return of Verzuz, the hit-for-hit battle competition platform started during the height of the pandemic by Swizz Beatz and Timbaland.
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Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
The nonprofit group was started in 1991, near the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, when a group of friends brought a tray of lasagna to a neighbor who was suffering and isolated.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
In 2021, during the height of the show's popularity, Kerry Washington rocked short hair and dressed as the main character, Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae).
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
When Mumy was just a kid, Lockhart snuck him and his TV sister Cartwright into shows at the Whisky a Go Go during the height of the 1960s psychedelic scene.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
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Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
The nonprofit group was started in 1991, near the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, when a group of friends brought a tray of lasagna to a neighbor who was suffering and isolated.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
In 2021, during the height of the show's popularity, Kerry Washington rocked short hair and dressed as the main character, Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae).
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
When Mumy was just a kid, Lockhart snuck him and his TV sister Cartwright into shows at the Whisky a Go Go during the height of the 1960s psychedelic scene.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
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“The height of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20height%20of. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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