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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Gilmour’s project serves as a roadmap for the benefits of going solo, even at the height of success, as exemplified within the album’s very contents and Gilmour’s career path.
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Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2024
Vaccination rates with the DTaP shot -- which protects against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis -- declined from March through September 2020 at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
—Sabrina Malhi The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2024
That said, even at the height of their powers, Korean presidents rarely have a popular mandate to govern.
—Victor Cha, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
There’s an intimacy that Steers captures that spoke to that moment, at the height of the AIDS crisis.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2024
Vaccination rates with the DTaP shot -- which protects against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis -- declined from March through September 2020 at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
—Sabrina Malhi The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2024
That said, even at the height of their powers, Korean presidents rarely have a popular mandate to govern.
—Victor Cha, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
There’s an intimacy that Steers captures that spoke to that moment, at the height of the AIDS crisis.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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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 2 Jan. 2025.
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