high road

Example Sentences

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Nvidia took longer to figure this out than it should have, but at least now it is taking the high road by changing how it reports share-based compensation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

“It was a real blessing to be here,” Howland said, “and I wanted to leave taking the high road, doing it the right way.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2025

By Monday afternoon Biden was back on the high road.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2024

Take the high road, and don’t engage any further.

From Slate • Oct. 5, 2023

What drove this man so, I wondered, to risk his life—and mine—on the high road after dark?

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood