highflier
Americannoun
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a person who is extravagant or goes to extremes in aims, pretensions, opinions, etc.
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a person or thing that flies high.
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a stock, often speculative, whose price moves up or down widely.
Etymology
Origin of highflier
Example Sentences
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The upcoming quarterly S&P 500 rebalance could usher in a promotion of sorts for at least one artificial-intelligence highflier.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026
Tesla stock, once a market highflier, has vastly underperformed several of its Magnificent Seven peers as sales of its electric vehicles have slowed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
Still, I do know that when you own a highflier like Nvidia—an undeniably great company—bailing out after a 10 percent decline doesn’t make sense.
From Slate • Feb. 19, 2024
The Wall Street Journal outlined some of the most striking examples of what happened to the onetime highflier:
From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2023
"Well, he was a highflier, for one thing." answered Le Drieux.
From Aunt Jane's Nieces out West by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
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