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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Getty Museum conservators spent 2½ years skillfully restoring Cranach’s masterpiece, a high point of the permanent collection at Pasadena’s Norton Simon Museum.
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Fans of writer-director-actor Woody Allen like to refer to the mid-to-late 1970s as his career’s high point, his cinematic heyday.
—Mike Sacks, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
On Tuesday evening, a high point of the two-day visit is set to take place with a banquet at Buckingham Palace.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
Kool & The Gang’s induction was another high point.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 27 Nov. 2024
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Fans of writer-director-actor Woody Allen like to refer to the mid-to-late 1970s as his career’s high point, his cinematic heyday.
—Mike Sacks, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
On Tuesday evening, a high point of the two-day visit is set to take place with a banquet at Buckingham Palace.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
Kool & The Gang’s induction was another high point.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 27 Nov. 2024
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“High Point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/High%20Point. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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High Point
geographical name
city in north central North Carolina southwest of Greensboro population 104,371
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