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- noun Alternative form of
highflier .
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Examples
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He said there were about 100 brokers crowded around LinkedIn's post when the stock began trading, which is more than triple the amount for other recent high-flyer events.
LinkedIn's Surge Sparks Valuation Questions Steven Russolillo 2011
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I'd put in Audrey Tatou for the Caron role, change things up a bit with Paul Bettany in Trevor Howard's part because he fits the real-world age of Howard's officer (pushing forty and given up on being a high-flyer in the service, rather than an old man out to pasture.)
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No high-flyer corporate man will be able to resist wearing them.
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And that's what makes Box such a potential high-flyer.
Bill Robinson: Aaron Levie and Box: Thinking Outside Of It Bill 2012
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It's in the energy sector, but it's one of your high-flyer exploration and production type companies rather than your more traditional international, integrated oil companies.
Buy Health Care, Industrials And Energy Stocks Wallace Forbes 2010
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No high-flyer corporate man will be able to resist wearing them.
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Purnell, who until last night had been seen as a potential high-flyer in the Labour Government, declined to comment on the Prime Mincer's statement.
Archive 2009-06-01 Dungeekin 2009
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That in turn would have fed into a media narrative of another failed Republican high-flyer.
Gov. Christie Rests His Case Daniel Henninger 2011
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Purnell, who until last night had been seen as a potential high-flyer in the Labour Government, declined to comment on the Prime Mincer's statement.
Brown to Fight On Despite Cabinet Resignations Dungeekin 2009
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And that's what makes Box such a potential high-flyer.
Bill Robinson: Aaron Levie and Box: Thinking Outside Of It Bill 2012
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