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high-performance

American  
[hahy-per-fawrm-uhns] / ˈhaɪ pərˈfɔrm əns /

adjective

  1. (of a motor, device, machine, etc.) designed to function at a high level of speed, accuracy, durability, etc.


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SK Hynix executives on a conference call said that even as it builds more fabs, the rising share of high-performance products like HBM chips demands more resources.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Behold the squatting, stance-intensive RS 5, the high-performance halo car of the 5 line, a proper dentist-killer packing 630 hp, courtesy of a plug-in hybrid augmentation of a turbocharged 2.9-liter V6.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Alexis Helena Kramer, 22, of Florida was a passenger in the high-performance car.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

But successful designs have become more seriously contemplated only in recent years as electric motors and high-performance batteries have advanced.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Tamara didn’t often fly along when the 586th was given assignments, either because of her leg injury or because she wasn’t familiar with the high-performance Yak-1 fighter aircraft.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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