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
Asked if aurora hunters needed to find a high place to watch the skies, Dr Walach said: "No, not at all."
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025
When you get, “You’re an angel,” that seems like such a high place to fall from.
From New York Times • May 3, 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
In the Loop men and women gathered on rooftops and in the highest offices of the Rookery, the Masonic Temple, the Temperance Building, and every other high place to watch the distant conflagration.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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