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 2020, at the height of the Covid economic downturn, Estee Lauder’s CEO Fabrizio Freda said that the lipstick index had been replaced by a skincare item as customers donned masks and worked from home.
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Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 9 June 2024
Some recovery programs lost patients at the height of the scam as recruiters for the fake centers steered people into their operations.
—Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2024
The last time the daily average dipped to 1,500 encounters was in July 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 4 June 2024
Black men of that age in the city are more likely to die of overdoses than cancer or Covid at the height of the pandemic; drugs are essentially tied with heart disease for their top killer.
—Jessica Gallagher, New York Times, 3 June 2024
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Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 9 June 2024
Some recovery programs lost patients at the height of the scam as recruiters for the fake centers steered people into their operations.
—Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2024
The last time the daily average dipped to 1,500 encounters was in July 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 4 June 2024
Black men of that age in the city are more likely to die of overdoses than cancer or Covid at the height of the pandemic; drugs are essentially tied with heart disease for their top killer.
—Jessica Gallagher, New York Times, 3 June 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 18 Jun. 2024.
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