at altitude

idiom

: at a high altitude, where the air is thin
She trained for the race at altitude.

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Detonating very-low-yield nuclear weapons at altitude, which would inflict less collateral damage, could be a way around such hurdles. Paul Avey, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2025 The loss dumped the Aztecs (11-5, 4-3) to sixth in the Mountain West, with a pair of road games at altitude on the immediate horizon: Wednesday at Air Force and Saturday at Nevada. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025 The difference suggests the spores captured at altitude may have blown in from afar instead of being kicked up from nearby ground. Bymeredith Wadman, science.org, 16 Jan. 2025 Still, anything traveling at altitude, and with that kind of speed, ought to come with beverage service and a TSA Pre-Check. Sean Keeler, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for at altitude

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“At altitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20altitude. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.

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