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high bar

noun

, Gymnastics.


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Now, lies that might cause certain harms, such as defamation if it meets that very high bar, are not protected by the First Amendment.

Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, the first two companies to report vaccine test results, far exceeded that and set a high bar.

From Time

But, Sony has already set a high bar when it comes to true pro mirrorless.

A committee set up by the paper will review all requests, setting “an especially high bar” for making changes about public figures or serious crimes.

From Fortune

According to long-time media lawyer Ed Klaris, companies are subject to the same rules of defamation as individuals—including the need to clear the high bar of “actual malice” in the event they are so-called public figures.

From Fortune

From the perspective of prior Iranian nuclear negotiations, that is a particularly high bar.

The distinguished fellowship, with its scientists and statesmen, sets a high bar.

The writer of such a chronicle sets a very high bar for himself.

The Clinton Global Initiative sets a very high bar for what a former president can accomplish.

Ending the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, and also killing bin Laden, create a high bar for Romney to credibly critique.

Only when it comes to climbing a ladder or swinging myself over a high bar, I know it spells misfortune for me.

No, he couldn't tell us where we could get a boat to take us out to High Bar at that time of night.

No one is exempt save the autocratic high-bar folk, who own their own apparatus and dictate contracts.

Far away shone a high bar of pale yellow radiance, rising like a pillar of light from floor to roof.

Any horse will step over a high bar if you stand him in front of it and encourage him.

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