high-quality
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of high-quality
First recorded in 1880–85; high ( def. ) + quality ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Researchers are now encouraging more people, especially landowners, to participate in citizen science projects and collect high quality observations.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
“At the end of the day, it is really hard because you’re having to reinvent an industry that already exists that is high quality and low cost,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
He wants people to be able to enjoy coming to a "high quality recreational environment", but said deliberate wildfires are putting that at risk.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
To reach this conclusion, Rowan and colleagues analyzed a rare set of high quality seismic data collected with industry partners and in collaboration with the Turkana Basin Institute, founded by the late paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
With men of the quality of Benjamin Mays, president of Morehouse, and Rufus Clement, president of Atlanta University—to mention only two who are world-renowned—the intellectual climate is of high quality.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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