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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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He said he hoped he could start up again in September, the next high season.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 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

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

From Barron's Mar. 5, 2026

This was the high season for the arrival here of cotton from the plantations in the interior, whence it is forwarded by the railroad to Charleston, or down the river to Savannah.

From Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Power, Tyrone

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