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

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

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