1
: involving great risk
a financial high-wire act
2
: daring
high-wire prose

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During the 42nd-annual Main Street Fest, a group called Antigravity Art will recreate Taylor’s moves with six high-wire performances between Grapevine City Hall and The Wallis Hotel, home to Messina Hof Winery. Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026 But the bigger story is what the ballot reveals about Broadway’s evolving relationship with Hollywood, with its own institutional history and with the high-wire act of casting screen stars to headline big ticket revivals. Clayton Davis, Variety, 3 May 2026 Matching the high-wire tempo of the first season’s inciting fender bender, this opening sets up the theme of the season. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026 Election is a ruthless, high-wire satire with its skeptical spectacles trained on authority itself. Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for high-wire

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of high-wire was in 1956

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“High-wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-wire. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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