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as in higher
being at a point or level higher than all others the highest grade the highest flag on the pole
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as in greatest
coming before all others in importance turned to the highest authority for answers the highest official in the land
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Ninety-six per cent of his total passes go long, the most across the top four divisions.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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Glamour testers tried their top picks and evaluated each based on longevity, coverage, ability to blur fine lines and wrinkles, and more.— Sarah Y. Wu, Glamour, 22 Apr. 2026
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Shuttle services have been arranged to transport journalists between the media center and a hotel in the city’s main shopping mall.— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
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But the leak appeared to get worse when the service module fired its main engine for the translunar injection burn on Day 2 of the flight, according to Amit Kshatriya, NASA’s associate administrator.— Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
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The Wild were already playing without Mats Zuccarello with an upper-body injury.— Michael Russo, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
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Because of this pattern of upper German/lower Scots settlement, Midland states like Ohio and Illinois are still often noted as having distinct accents associated with their southern and northern sections.— Valerie Fridland, Big Think, 21 Apr. 2026
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Lemon was also the Trojans’ primary return man during his sophomore and junior seasons and was even used on a trick play against Oregon this season that resulted in a 24-yard touchdown pass to then-freshman Tanook Hines.— Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
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The Highway Trust Fund — the primary federal account dedicated to funding highways, bridges and transit — is going broke.— Andrew Stasiowski, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
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Jaiden Ilginis made quite an entrance last spring for Tinley Park, recording a hat trick in her first game as a freshman.— Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
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With Carlos Rodón, set to make his first rehab start Friday, and Gerrit Cole, scheduled for his second rehab start Thursday, working their way back from injuries, a logjam is coming to the Yankees’ rotation if everyone else stays healthy.— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
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Royse said that according to the AccuWeather long range forecast, there will be a brief warmup starting next week, but chilly air masses will be more predominant for the second half of the month, contrary to the first two weeks of April.— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
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In mixed turf, mow to the height for the predominant species in your lawn.— Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2026
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Just last month it was reported that Cesar Chavez, the United Farm Workers organiser, raped women and girls, and Noam Chomsky—one of the left’s foremost intellectuals whose most popular book is called Manufacturing Consent—is right there on the Epstein private jet.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
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The number of people with severe acute malnutrition, the most dangerous and deadly kind, is expected to increase to 800,000, the world’s foremost experts on food security, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, said in February.— Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
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If anything, Leeds were more dominant and more aggrieved in the first match than Bournemouth were in the second.— Beren Cross, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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That came on the heels of Monday’s dominant pitching performance in a 2-0 win over Bartlett.— Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Highest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/highest. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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