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high-water mark

[hahy-waw-ter, -wot-er] / ˈhaɪˈwɔ tər, -ˈwɒt ər /


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Nextpower is on pace for a record closing high, poised to surpass the previous high-water mark of $130.42 from March 25, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

From Barron's • May 13, 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

In the 2025 tests, the L.A. school system surpassed its achievement levels of 2018-19, L.A.’s previous high-water mark under the current testing system.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 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

Unfortunately, the gains achieved in 1992 represented a high-water mark.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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