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or highflyer
as in powerhouse
an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired
one of New York's largest law firms, it attracts highfliers looking for a big-time legal career
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Recent Examples of highflier
The deal, the exact dollar figure of which remained unclear, represents quite a comedown for the one-time highflier.
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Amy Feldman, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
At first look, Biogen seems more like a plodding drugmaker than a pending highflier: The neurology specialist boasts a market cap of about $46 billion.
—Charley Grant, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2020
The bankruptcy follows that of another highflier in the U.S. oil patch, Whiting Petroleum Corp., which filed for Chapter 11 at the start of April after championing what was once the premiere U.S. shale field, the Bakken of North Dakota.
—David Wethe, Fortune, 29 June 2020
The Federal Reserve lent trillions of dollars to bail out Wall Street highfliers, hoping that by stabilizing big banks, the benefits would flow through to the rest of the economy.
—Sheila Bair For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 27 Mar. 2020
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Amy Feldman, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
At first look, Biogen seems more like a plodding drugmaker than a pending highflier: The neurology specialist boasts a market cap of about $46 billion.
—Charley Grant, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2020
The bankruptcy follows that of another highflier in the U.S. oil patch, Whiting Petroleum Corp., which filed for Chapter 11 at the start of April after championing what was once the premiere U.S. shale field, the Bakken of North Dakota.
—David Wethe, Fortune, 29 June 2020
The Federal Reserve lent trillions of dollars to bail out Wall Street highfliers, hoping that by stabilizing big banks, the benefits would flow through to the rest of the economy.
—Sheila Bair For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 27 Mar. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for highflier
powerhouse
Noun
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Adding a younger player like Tucker will help the organization be a powerhouse for years to come.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are powerhouses in exporting baseball talent to the major leagues.—
Denny Alfonso,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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