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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To deter Russia, Europe must immediately increase military spending to the levels that prevailed at the height of the Cold War.
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Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Yet even then, at the height of the war, sympathetic border-state representatives refused to act.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
The museum was closed for seven years at the height of the civil war.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 17 Apr. 2025
Big little Liechtenstein Soon after the Castro brothers seized power in 1959, at the height of the Cold War as the globe was falling into capitalist or communist camps, a complete U.S. trade embargo sought to choke the Cuban economy and bring about regime change.
—Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
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Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Yet even then, at the height of the war, sympathetic border-state representatives refused to act.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
The museum was closed for seven years at the height of the civil war.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 17 Apr. 2025
Big little Liechtenstein Soon after the Castro brothers seized power in 1959, at the height of the Cold War as the globe was falling into capitalist or communist camps, a complete U.S. trade embargo sought to choke the Cuban economy and bring about regime change.
—Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for at the height of
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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 28 Apr. 2025.
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