high summer

idiom

: in the middle of summer
The town is filled with tourists in high summer.

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The most recent Report Card for American Infrastructure, prepared with 2009 data by the American Society of Civil Engineers, gives the country’s energy system a D+, largely because the grid is relatively old and its operations are repeatedly challenged by spikes of high summer demand. IEEE Spectrum, 28 June 2012 The brand’s high summer campaign is taking on its own life with two pop-ups — one at The Newt in Somerset, England, and another at The Standard in Ibiza, Spain. Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025 Imagining the singlet outlook for ’25 my gut instincts says expect an outbreak of sky blue for spring, turning pale khaki in high summer. Tom Stubbs, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2025 Unlike previous outbreaks, the one that began in 2022 didn’t die out in high summer temperatures. Dee-Ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high summer

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“High summer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20summer. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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