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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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Miatas feature heavily in this crowd, but there are also high-performance rides, like a Porsche 911, a first-generation Audi R8 and an Audi RS 3.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

A new generation of cost-efficient, high-performance Chinese AI is putting pressure on Silicon Valley's leading labs to lower prices to grab market share as they try and find ways to turn a profit.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

Quantum materials could reshape fields as varied as high-performance computing, secure communication, sensitive detection, and energy production.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

Residents have raised concerns about noise, electricity demand and the large amounts of water sometimes used to cool the high-performance chips that generate vast amounts of heat.

From BBC Jul. 29, 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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