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Meghan's wedding dress was designed by Clare Waight Keller, then at Givenchy but now at high street brand Uniqlo.—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025 The appetite of high street banks for lending has diminished, and investors are now much more focused on profitability and a clear understanding of runway rather than just fueling growth at any cost.—Paul Klein, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025 Goldsmith’s office, on Marlborough’s high street, is around the corner from Ford’s gallery.—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 June 2025 In its most recent guise, the company, which no longer has stores of its own, has made a return to the high street, re-emerging in 2021 through a deal with perennial brand collaborator and U.K. apparel powerhouse Next.—Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high street
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of high street was
before the 12th century
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