team player
noun
: someone who cares more about helping a group or team to succeed than about his or her individual success
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Is your partner even capable of being a team player?
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Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 28 Mar. 2025
Most athletes will agree that being a team player is essential for individual success.
—Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Articulate yet humble in interviews, Coleman is the ultimate team player on the court and the biggest supporter of his teammates off it.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Ferguson is capable of being a team player, similar to his current West Ham skipper Bowen.
—Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
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Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 28 Mar. 2025
Most athletes will agree that being a team player is essential for individual success.
—Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Articulate yet humble in interviews, Coleman is the ultimate team player on the court and the biggest supporter of his teammates off it.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Ferguson is capable of being a team player, similar to his current West Ham skipper Bowen.
—Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Team player.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/team%20player. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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