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high-level

[ hahy-lev-uhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

undertaken by or composed of participants having a high status:
a high-level meeting; a high-level investigation.
having senior authority or high status:
high-level personnel.
(of a programming language) based on a vocabulary of Englishlike statements for writing program code rather than the more abstract instructions typical of assembly language or machine language.
Military. (of aerial warfare) undertaken at or from a high altitude:
high-level bombing; a high-level attack.

high-level

First recorded in 1875–80

Reached for comment, one high-level industry executive refused to say a word.

In order for a reunion to happen, it would take a high level of trust, musically, on everything that happened.

It has been rumored that Ebola is in inventory at high-level labs in many countries, some of which are not our friends.

The Kerry-Lavrov relationship is really the only reliable high-level communications channel left between Washington and Moscow.

Five years into our so-called recovery, hunger in America remains stuck at a depressingly high level.

Man entered the contest at a low level of mental development; he emerged from it at a comparatively high level.

Its expansion continues until it reaches the high level of human love and social sympathy.

As though, supposing I attain my mark, it would not be greater of me than if I had started on her high level!

But how to let one's self down from the high level of such a character to one's own poor standard?

And they know that life will not be held up to its high level if they cannot command buoyancy of spirit.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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