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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The restrictions there go up to 12,000 feet, meaning high-flying commercial aircraft can still transit the airspace.
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David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
Perhaps most notably, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, tried harnessing high-flying balloons to beam internet access to underserved areas with Project Loon, but the company later shut down the project.
—PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
Lellouche stars as unlikely hero Zem, a disillusioned Zone 3 cop with an idealistic militant past, who is teamed with haughty, high-flying Zone 2 officer Salia, played by Adèle Exarchopoulos, after a leading politician is assassinated in Zone 1.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Mainland China had a solid day, except for banks and several high-flying subsectors, including precious metals, mining, semiconductors, and technology hardware, including electronic equipment.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
While a catalyst for the move wasn’t immediately clear, investors may be booking profits in a recently high-flying name.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Damon Dash, the once high-flying hip-hop mogul who co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records with Jay-Z and Kareem Burke, has filed for personal bankruptcy in Florida, citing $25 million in debts and almost no assets.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
The once high-flying digital media brand filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May 2023, after months of struggling to pay its bills.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
The closing arguments come after more than eight weeks of testimony and more than five years after the once high-flying company began to unravel.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
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David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
Perhaps most notably, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, tried harnessing high-flying balloons to beam internet access to underserved areas with Project Loon, but the company later shut down the project.
—PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
Lellouche stars as unlikely hero Zem, a disillusioned Zone 3 cop with an idealistic militant past, who is teamed with haughty, high-flying Zone 2 officer Salia, played by Adèle Exarchopoulos, after a leading politician is assassinated in Zone 1.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Mainland China had a solid day, except for banks and several high-flying subsectors, including precious metals, mining, semiconductors, and technology hardware, including electronic equipment.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
While a catalyst for the move wasn’t immediately clear, investors may be booking profits in a recently high-flying name.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Damon Dash, the once high-flying hip-hop mogul who co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records with Jay-Z and Kareem Burke, has filed for personal bankruptcy in Florida, citing $25 million in debts and almost no assets.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
The once high-flying digital media brand filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May 2023, after months of struggling to pay its bills.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
The closing arguments come after more than eight weeks of testimony and more than five years after the once high-flying company began to unravel.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
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