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

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Birds Aren’t Real, by Peter McIndoe and Connor Gaydos Like birds perched on a power line, this is a high-wire act, a performance-art piece in print, and an examination of the psychology that results in an ironic, tongue-in-cheek comic phenomenon. Brian Boone, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024 That diplomatic high-wire act was rooted in Mr. Trump’s belief that a combination of personal diplomacy and economic lures would drive Mr. Kim to give up his arsenal of nuclear weapons. David E. Sanger, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024 But hanging art on a wall and inviting the public in for free is a high-wire act. Michelle Weber, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2024 Two innings after Woods Richardson’s high-wire escape, the Twins got on the board first. Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024 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 22 Dec. 2024.

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