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

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

Now they’re down only 25% from that 2022 high-water mark.

From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025

Though he might not have recognised the label, Bach’s faith falls within the movement known as German Pietism, which reached its high-water mark in his lifetime.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall