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high performance

[hahy-per-fawrm-uhns] / ˈhaɪ pərˈfɔrm əns /
ADJECTIVE
jazzed-up
Synonyms
WEAK
gassed-up high geared high-speed hopped-up pepped-up pumped-up revved-up speedy supercharged

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Its high-performance division, making chips for AI and 5G applications, now constitute almost two-thirds of its overall revenue.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Buchan, from Aberdeen, had been driving a black high-performance Audi RS3, which had a top speed of 155mph, at the time of the crash.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Some sent whole essays on their experiences, which ranged from rapturous accounts of low-maintenance, high-performance driving bliss to warnings about the hidden costs of owning an EV.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Earlier this month, the companies teamed up on a hybrid computing experiment combining Xanadu’s PennyLane software with AMD’s high-performance computing infrastructure.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Tamara didn’t often fly along when the 586th was given assignments, either because of her leg injury or because she wasn’t familiar with the high-performance Yak-1 fighter aircraft.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein