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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Indian prisons are notoriously overcrowded, and this was at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Lauren Frayer, NPR, 2 June 2024
On the surface, the sixth album from these Kentucky rockers sounds like another work of a band at the height of its powers.
—Steve Appleford, SPIN, 31 May 2024
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Lauren Frayer, NPR, 2 June 2024
On the surface, the sixth album from these Kentucky rockers sounds like another work of a band at the height of its powers.
—Steve Appleford, SPIN, 31 May 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 6 Jun. 2024.
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