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high road

NOUN

ethical or easiest course

Synonyms

WEAK

direct route main road no-brainer

Example Sentences

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The 30-year-old from Edwards, Colo., took only the high road after winning Wednesday’s slalom in Cortina d’Ampezzo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

He’s holding the political high ground and will remain there as long as he stays on the high road.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2024

By Monday afternoon Biden was back on the high road.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2024

That’s where you kinda have to think bigger and you have to be a bigger human around it all and learn how to be really forgiving and take the high road.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2023

Behind her she heard Gabriel cry: “Bless your name, Jesus!” and, thinking of him and the high road of holiness he had traveled, her mind swung like a needle, and she thought of Deborah.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin