How to Use highflier in a Sentence

highflier

noun
  • The share prices of Slack and the other software highfliers were destined for wild swings.
    — Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Equal weight indexes own the same amount of all stocks and so are not overexposed to market highfliers.
    — Norm Alster, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Those with heavy positions in former Nasdaq highfliers haven’t made the cut.
    — Joanna Glasner, WIRED, 9 July 2001
  • Then shares and notes of units of Dalian Wanda Group, another highflier, plunged based on mere rumors that banks were dumping its bonds, which the company denied.
    — Michael Schuman, Bloomberg.com, 29 June 2017
  • The sportswear maker, once a highflier on Wall Street that benefited from strong and consistent growth, has fallen victim to new fashion trends and changing shopper habits.
    — Steven Russolillo, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Growth investing 101 By comparison, growth investors often chase the market’s highfliers.
    — Anna-Louise Jackson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Aug. 2017
  • Ankrum studies financial arcana such as the Journal of Portfolio Management and seeks out stocks — not sexy highfliers — that are bound to increase in value over the longer haul.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The implication is that as long as the Fed keeps the money flowing, and highfliers and stock repurchases continue to supercharge earnings, the party can continue.
    — Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Zapata is not the only highflier Zapata is not the only one trying to turn science fiction into reality.
    — Mike Murphy, Quartz, 18 July 2019
  • Although manufacturing heavyweights delivered lackluster news, some tech highfliers outperformed, soaring to unprecedented heights.
    — Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2020
  • There are already apps for booking private jets—FlyHouse delivers a selection of charter aircraft in just 30 seconds, for example—but Revaire also connects you to a network of highfliers.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The movie starts on high, with rapturous views of the Manhattan skyline and David King (Denzel Washington), one of the city’s highfliers, pacing on the balcony of his penthouse on the Brooklyn waterfront.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The movie starts on high, with rapturous views of the Manhattan skyline and David King (Denzel Washington), one of the city’s highfliers, pacing on the balcony of his penthouse on the Brooklyn waterfront.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026

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