high finance

noun

: activities (such as buying companies and investing in stocks) that involve large amounts of money
the world of high finance

Examples of high finance in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web While viewers have speculated about connections to major financial institutions, the creators have left Pierpoint's exact inspiration intentionally vague, allowing the show to stand independently while evoking the general atmosphere of high finance. Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2024 Industry, in large part, examines the particular, even idiosyncratic dynamics between old and new money in the often vindictive world of high finance. Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2024 This was a few years after Bear Stearns collapsed, and the ensuing crisis had thrown a harsh light on the win-at-all-costs ethos of high finance. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2024 Alumni contributions are solicited so that students can be sent to Wall Street to learn about life in high finance. Matthew Crenson, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2024 And in the 2010s, high finance reached the agencies: by 2014, private equity had acquired Creative Artists Agency and William Morris Endeavor, and the latter had purchased IMG. Daniel Bessner, Harper's Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024 Showtime announced that the network's caustic drama about high finance will end with its upcoming seventh season, which will premiere August 11 on Paramount+ with Showtime. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 15 June 2023 Jacob Rothschild, a wealthy financier, patron of the arts and philanthropist with close ties to Israel, who broke with his family’s fabled banking dynasty at a time of radical change in the world of high finance, has died. Alan Cowell, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024 By late October, both sides were warming to a big, ambitious plan, presented with slick charts by a phalanx of veterans from the world of high finance. Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024

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“High finance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20finance. Accessed 23 Sep. 2024.

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