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high-flown

[hahy-flohn] / ˈhaɪˈfloʊn /


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In the high-flown rhetoric of venture capital, the company’s CEO imagines a world where everything becomes an NFT, with no limits to where OpenSea’s 2.5 percent commission can reach.

From The Verge • Feb. 2, 2022

But a sense of futility is equally inadequate, and Alameddine has no taste for the magical-realist variants or high-flown lyricism attempted by other novelists when writing about refugees.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2021

His co-founder, an architect named Miguel McKelvey, was tasked with translating Neumann’s high-flown dreams into tangible reality.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2020

We know that government - what Edwards does - is more detail than high-flown phrases.

From Washington Times • Jan. 15, 2020

I felt extremely shy, wary of committing a faux pas, and unequipped to participate in the high-flown and rapid-fire conversations.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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