high place
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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“It must have come from a very high place because nobody’s talking.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025
Fury, quite rightly, has a very high place in the list, the best of his generation, but Lewis was a giant.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2022
After working as a professor in Wuhan, he returned to Beijing for his doctorate, where he had a high place in the student government.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2022
Fasting has a high place of prominence in numerous major world religions, as well as even more informal practices.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2022
And Kino ran for the high place, as nearly all animals do when they are pursued.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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