How to Use the high ground in a Sentence

the high ground

noun
  • In a downturn, lenders hold the high ground.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 3 Mar. 2026
  • In the court of public opinion, the president would hold the high ground.
    — Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Be better, take the high ground, be respectful, obey the laws, help your neighbor.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
  • But the high ground of space offers notable benefits.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2025
  • To his credit, the bloodied Yankees fan fought back much better than most pugilists who give up the high ground.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Taking the high ground at the top of the ship are the Retreat Suites and Iconic Suites.
    — Jane Archer, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
  • This is not the time for stagnation as China looks to overtake America’s lead in the high ground of space.
    — Big Think, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The story of communications of the last two decades has been of constant change, and of nobody controlling the high ground for long.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Firms that fail to shine light on their dark data risk ceding the high ground in insights and inviting risk exposures lurking in unindexed archives.
    — Daniel Fallmann, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Zaragoza stationed his men on the high ground, hidden behind cacti, behind walls of dilapidated forts, in ditches.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 May 2026
  • The Democrats’ crisis in Maine is a factional battle in which one faction, the progressives, got the high ground early.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 June 2026
  • Speaker Johnson is giving the high ground to the Democrats by discouraging Thomas Massie's petition.
    — Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The signs dive into the backstory of landmarks like Fort Revere Park, where the high ground offers a clear look at the Boston Harbor.
    — Cheryl Maguire, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026
  • And, finally, geostationary orbit (GEO) holds the high ground at more than 22,300.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
  • But if disaster does strike and AI guts software revenues, creditors holding the high ground are in far better shape than the equityholders at sea level, who will be swamped.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Even in summer, the high ground temperature rarely goes above 55 degrees Fahrenheit, and growing anything other than grass and tenacious root vegetables is nigh impossible; but the lamb and mutton here can lay claim to being the tastiest in the world.
    — Tim Ecott, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2023

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