as in busy
using a lot of time and energy to do work
a hardworking young woman who was rewarded with a promotion hardworking students
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Recent Examples of hardworking
That’s a huge number, a three-fold increase in housing set-asides for our hardworking city employees, and a crucial lifeline for countless New Yorkers.
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Mark Levine, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
Lisbet Avila said her mother is a hardworking matriarch of the family and not a criminal.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
Amazon Big Spring Sale: Beauty Tools Deals The best beauty tools can make hardworking products work just a bit harder—and more effectively.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2025
From Pensacola to the Keys, hardworking Floridians are being crushed by an affordability crisis.
—Chelsea Rivera, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025
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Mark Levine, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
Lisbet Avila said her mother is a hardworking matriarch of the family and not a criminal.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
Amazon Big Spring Sale: Beauty Tools Deals The best beauty tools can make hardworking products work just a bit harder—and more effectively.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2025
From Pensacola to the Keys, hardworking Floridians are being crushed by an affordability crisis.
—Chelsea Rivera, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardworking
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Check-in is seamless, but the hotel has only six parking spots and availability may be limited, especially on busy weekends, so plan to park across or down the street just in case.—
Katie Kelly Bell,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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And while Christophe had been busy developing a national school system during his reign, under Boyer, and all subsequent presidents, such projects had to be put on hold.—
Marlene L. Daut,
The Conversation,
16 Apr. 2025
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Beyond analyzing troves of data to sift through requirements even the most diligent person might miss, AI can proactively respond to requests with lightning speed—a superhuman ability that might have saved Josef K from the state.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Toney is already a diligent student of the game.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
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Mir is more ambitious and industrious, having molded himself into the ideal successor to his father’s corporate leadership.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Mar. 2025
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Now that someone is finally acting, Democrats are pretending the bureaucracy is as industrious and virtuous as Santa’s Workshop and any dollar that gets cut means another kiddie won’t have a Christmas.—
Nolan Finley,
Twin Cities,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Hardworking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardworking. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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