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high season

British  

noun

  1. the most popular time of year at a holiday resort, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Whether the good times will last once the high season begins is the question.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

“This is the high season for gas prices, when demand increases as the weather warms up and summer-blend gasoline begins hitting the market, which is more expensive,” said Aixa Diaz, a AAA spokesperson.

From MarketWatch Apr. 8, 2026

It’s high season in Palm Beach, Fla., and for some bold male dressers, that means awfully bright trousers, worn with a wink.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 16, 2026

"This is the start of the high season here. It's catastrophic," he told AFP.

From Barron's Mar. 5, 2026

In the high season of August the parent visits the grave of his lost child.

From Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century by Morris, Richard

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