high-water mark
Example Sentences
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Still, there are signs the 4.2% yearly rate of inflation in May could be the high-water mark of the latest bout of inflation.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
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
As for domestic policy, the high-water mark of federal government power previously was coincidently during the tenure of TR’s distant cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in the New Deal.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
They racked up some electoral wins, and at their high-water mark received 7.1% of the vote in 1989 European Parliament elections in West Germany.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
It turned out to be the high-water mark of the antislavery effort in the House.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
