high point

noun

: the best time or stage of something
Our trip to the museum was the high point of our vacation.
the high point of her career

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In late 2024, a few months before the high point of Newcastle United’s modern history, club chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan made a speech at the Future Investment Initiative Institute in Riyadh. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026 Around five years to get back to its high point, before the 2008 financial crisis wiped it out again. — HubSpot, 31 July 2026 By the high point of the episode, the reaction that the residents of the Silo are desperately waiting to see is Juliette’s. — Daron James, IndieWire, 31 July 2026 Sonoma State had seen its enrollment drop 38% since reaching a high point in 2015. — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for High Point

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High Point

geographical name

ˈhī-ˌpȯint How to pronounce High Point (audio)
city in north central North Carolina southwest of Greensboro population 104,371

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