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high season

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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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Uncertainties on domestic demand and orders in the high season in September and October also weigh, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The judge told the court: "Businesses were heavily impacted during what should have been a high season period."

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

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

Now they were prevented from seeing it by the arrival of the Duke and Duchess, a calamity which did not happen in the high season once in ten years.

From The Car of Destiny by Armand Both

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