Example sentences for: second-highest

How can you use “second-highest” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The endorsement--along with the revelation that Whitney has quietly pursued race-based research for 30 years--has provoked a furor at FSU, which has the second-highest number of black students among the state's public institutions.

  • Most eBay items are sold in "second-bid" auctions, which means the high bidder gets the item and pays the amount of the second-highest bid (I've left out a few complications that can be ignored here).

  • Although Cuba had the second-highest per capita income in Latin America, prosperity did not filter down from the upper classes.

  • At 1,818 m (5,900 ft), Pico do Arieiro is the second-highest peak on Madeira, but the highest point reachable by car.

  • eBay lets me observe the number of bidders, the identity of the highest bidder (so far), and the amount of the second-highest bid (so far).


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