variants also flyer
1
as in chance
a risky undertaking willing to take a flier on the bold, new venture

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2
as in pilot
one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft a hot-air balloon flier

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Recent Examples of flier Participating diners are asked to bring or show The Community Food Connection flier that is available on the organization’s Facebook page. Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025 With their event fast approaching, Shephard and Goncalves created a blitzkrieg of advertisements across social media and posted fliers on lampposts throughout the neighborhood to drum up excitement. Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025 He is accused of posting fliers in various Southern California neighborhoods with the names, photos, phone numbers and locations of ICE officers working in the region. Louis Casiano , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025 Delta has a partnership with Chilean airlines LATAM that permits fliers on one carrier to earn and use frequent flier miles on the other. Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for flier
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Noun
  • The Star: This month brings a fresh chance to rebuild your dreams, Aries.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 June 2025
  • Here, decision-making whether to continue or withdraw support may depend on many factors, such as the stage of pregnancy, risk of clinical complications, and chance of fetal survival.
    Katherine Drabiak, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025
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  • Leaders can look to public-private partnerships and scalable pilot projects to address these issues.
    Nadezhda Kosareva, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • Currently 15 different states have sanctioned girls flag football as a high school varsity sport and 17 – Connecticut included – have started pilot programs.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • The gamble on Cava is Shaich’s most lucrative to date.
    Jemima McEvoy, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • In Pascal’s case, the Emmy campaign represents either an audacious strategy or a significant gamble.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is the mission commander with aviator John Shoffner as pilot and two mission specialist seats paid for by the Saudi Space Commission, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2025
  • The airfield famously hosted an aeronautical school in the 1940s, when the Army Air Corps relied on the facility to train aviators headed off to fight World War II.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • Anthony Volpe couldn't make the throw to third base, and the Dodgers suddenly had the bases loaded and nobody out.
    Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
  • However, Chow’s favorite play call did not involve one of his quarterbacks making a perfect throw.
    Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 30 May 2025
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  • In a venture landscape where investors are chasing AI, Raanan continues to bet on winning security upstarts.
    TrueBridge Capital, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • Slated for release in theaters on October 17, Good Fortune introduces Reeves as Gabriel, a well-meaning but rather inept angel who decides to intervene in the lives of a struggling gig worker (Ansari) and a wealthy venture capitalist (Rogen).
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 May 2025

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“Flier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flier. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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