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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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Giving it greater plasticity could make it easier to manufacture and allow engineers to create more sophisticated structures for engines and other high-performance systems.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

Therefore, if Chinese AI models continue to gain traction, Bryson said it would be “arguably good for memory vendors,” considering demand for high-performance memory would increase.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

However, Sobko said the Nvidia GB300 systems are optimized both for model development and high-performance inference workloads.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

In the 1970s and 1980s, for example, sales plummeted as stricter safety restrictions made them more expensive to build, while consumer tastes moved towards high-performance hatchbacks.

From BBC Jun. 14, 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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