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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In Long Bright River, now streaming on Peacock, Seyfried plays Mickey, a police officer who works in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Kensington at the height of the opioid crisis.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
The state’s opioid settlement and litigation page states that at the height of the opioid crisis in 2012, 112 opioid prescriptions were being written for every 100 Hoosiers.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Bacon is at the height of his fame in the 1960s when a would-be thief breaks into his studio – sparking curiosity and desire in the artist’s eye.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
Even at the height of the transparency fad, New York had plenty of old brick and stone left, of course, ranging in quality from rickety tenements to the 1880s triumphs of New York Romanesque, the Puck Building and the De Vinne Press Building, which combined delicacy and brawn.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 Mar. 2025
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Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
The state’s opioid settlement and litigation page states that at the height of the opioid crisis in 2012, 112 opioid prescriptions were being written for every 100 Hoosiers.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Bacon is at the height of his fame in the 1960s when a would-be thief breaks into his studio – sparking curiosity and desire in the artist’s eye.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
Even at the height of the transparency fad, New York had plenty of old brick and stone left, of course, ranging in quality from rickety tenements to the 1880s triumphs of New York Romanesque, the Puck Building and the De Vinne Press Building, which combined delicacy and brawn.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 Mar. 2025
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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 25 Mar. 2025.
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