height
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It raised the height of a dam to double its storage, built the desalination plant and acquired rights to a trove of conserved Colorado River water from a desert farming district.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Sun Tzu, perhaps the most famous military strategist in human history, wrote in the fifth century B.C. that subduing an enemy without fighting was the height of military skill.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
Julia Teven of Brea Olinda won with a height of 5-10.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
As a blue tarp was pulled off it, audience members could hear a snapping noise as the bronze figure it was shrouding suddenly appeared to drop in height.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
Without his height, without his speed, she and her father would never have survived the dash through the fire.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Vocabulary lists containing height
Geometry - Introductory
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Geometry - Middle School
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Measurement and Data, List 2
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