high-water mark
Example Sentences
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For the U.S. and Mexico the goal is to get beyond the quarterfinals, the high-water mark for both countries in the modern era.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Soon, we were back on the vaporetto for a sunset ride to Al Covo, the culinary high-water mark of our family trip to Venice a decade earlier—and our parents’ honeymoon 25 years before that.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
And no analyst seemed more pleased than JPMorgan’s Mark Strouse, who increased his price target on Buy-rated GE Vernova stock to $1,000, from $740, a new high-water mark on the Street, according to FactSet.
From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025
Wall Street has been throwing in some strong stock-market bets for 2026, but the high-water mark just got higher.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 26, 2025
When the counterfeit Beast was perfected, the knights took it away and hid it in a cave at the foot of the cliffs, above high-water mark.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
