1
: upscale
high-end boutiques
2
: of superior quality or sophistication and usually high in price
high-end cameras

Examples of high-end in a Sentence

a high-end haberdashery that serves its clients by appointment only high-end digital cameras intended for professionals and serious amateurs
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Kosminsky’s latest intervention comes as UK Parliament’s Culture, Media & Sport Committee recommended that, if the industry can’t design its own scheme, the government should force the likes of Netflix to pay a 5% revenue levy into a cultural fund that supports local high-end TV production. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025 There are many high-end tote bags in this world, but few balance brand value and price per wear as expertly as this one. Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025 The group allegedly operated within the Northeast, targeting luxury vehicles – specifically high-end SUVs – by holding victims at gunpoint or bumping the vehicles on a highway, forcing owners to exit their cars. Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025 What unites these objects, which range from the humble to the humorous, and the extremely high-end? Liam Hess, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high-end

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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The first known use of high-end was in 1956

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“High-end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-end. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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