high-flying
adjective
high-fly·ing
ˈhī-ˈflī-iŋ 
1
: marked by extravagance, pretension, or excessive ambition
2
: rising to considerable height
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This week, investors cashed in recent gains on high-flying, artificial intelligence growth stocks, rotating instead to overlooked other areas of the market, such as financials, industrials and health care stocks that are more cyclical and sensitive to the course of the economy.
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2025
The World Tag Team Championships will also be on the line as AJ Styles and Dragon Lee defend against the high-flying team of NXT’s Je’Von Evans and TNA X-Division Champion Leon Slater.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
See this high-flying spectacle performed by the world's most elite cirque performers.
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Dec. 2025
Versus the high-flying Avalanche, Hartman made a highlight-reel set up play on Minnesota’s second goal, sending a wraparound pass to the slot in front of the Colorado net, where Kaprizov slammed it home.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 2 Dec. 2025
And for some high-flying fun, get in line for the kid-friendly rollercoaster, Rhonda’s TrollsFest Express.
—Megan Dubois, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2025
The high-flying Bulldogs showed their explosiveness throughout the entire first half despite Classical running 32 plays to only five for English.
—Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
An award-winning freelance landscape and portrait photographer, James has a critical eye for camera drones and is our go-to reviewer for these high-flying devices.
—Chris McMullen, Space.com, 25 Nov. 2025
For decades, the SR-71 Blackbird stood as the pinnacle of American aerospace engineering, a reconnaissance aircraft so fast and so high-flying that no missile ever caught it.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 24 Nov. 2025
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2025
The World Tag Team Championships will also be on the line as AJ Styles and Dragon Lee defend against the high-flying team of NXT’s Je’Von Evans and TNA X-Division Champion Leon Slater.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
See this high-flying spectacle performed by the world's most elite cirque performers.
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Dec. 2025
Versus the high-flying Avalanche, Hartman made a highlight-reel set up play on Minnesota’s second goal, sending a wraparound pass to the slot in front of the Colorado net, where Kaprizov slammed it home.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 2 Dec. 2025
And for some high-flying fun, get in line for the kid-friendly rollercoaster, Rhonda’s TrollsFest Express.
—Megan Dubois, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2025
The high-flying Bulldogs showed their explosiveness throughout the entire first half despite Classical running 32 plays to only five for English.
—Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
An award-winning freelance landscape and portrait photographer, James has a critical eye for camera drones and is our go-to reviewer for these high-flying devices.
—Chris McMullen, Space.com, 25 Nov. 2025
For decades, the SR-71 Blackbird stood as the pinnacle of American aerospace engineering, a reconnaissance aircraft so fast and so high-flying that no missile ever caught it.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 24 Nov. 2025
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“High-flying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-flying. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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