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Recent Examples of overachiever
With a blend of boar and carbon fiber bristles, these brushes are total overachievers—adding shine, nixing frizz, and even distributing your scalp’s natural oils to keep hair moisturized.
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Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 2 Nov. 2024
Oct 10, 2024 Gulf Coast Reporter Chris Gray is Chron's Gulf Coast Reporter, covering tourism and tourists, energy and the environment, overachievers and ne'er-do-wells: compelling stories from across the upper Texas coast, but with a deep focus on Galveston's rich history and culture.
—Chris Gray, Chron, 10 Oct. 2024
That has been the formula for rookie manager Stephen Vogt and his band of overachievers, for whom the fun is just starting.
—Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
All told, Gadd was the 2024 Emmys overachiever, picking up three statuettes in a single evening.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
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Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 2 Nov. 2024
Oct 10, 2024 Gulf Coast Reporter Chris Gray is Chron's Gulf Coast Reporter, covering tourism and tourists, energy and the environment, overachievers and ne'er-do-wells: compelling stories from across the upper Texas coast, but with a deep focus on Galveston's rich history and culture.
—Chris Gray, Chron, 10 Oct. 2024
That has been the formula for rookie manager Stephen Vogt and his band of overachievers, for whom the fun is just starting.
—Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
All told, Gadd was the 2024 Emmys overachiever, picking up three statuettes in a single evening.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overachiever
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Working with songwriters Isaac Hayes and David Porter and often with Booker T. and the MG’s as their backup band, Sam and Dave soon became one of Stax’s powerhouses; Moore was the gregarious showman, while Prater took a secondary, low-key role.David Browne, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
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Mya Hooten, Minnesota: A three-time Big Ten champion on floor exercise, Hooten is a powerhouse who brings sass to her fun choreography and knows how to nail a landing.Tess DeMeyer, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Experts have found that many anorexia patients are high achievers who set nearly impossible standards for themselves.Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
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The octet of Mary J. Blige, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & the Gang, Ozzy Osbourne, and A Tribe Called Quest will be recognized as the main group of achievers.Devon Ivie, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
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The Entrepreneurial Spirit Freelancers have to be self-starters and adept at managing their time, clients and resources effectively.Heidi Davidson, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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Beyond skills, consider how to pinpoint self-starters who are hungry to learn and embrace a changing workplace and diverse workforce.Kathleen Duffy, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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The first broad generation of American economists, of the Gilded Age, were nebbish cloistered bookworms who missed out on being a doer in the greatest era of being a doer, the industrial revolution.Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Classic yet creative, timeless yet innovative, Ralph Lauren reminds us of our distinct style as a nation of dreamers and doers.Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
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In nature, most seed dispersal techniques are due to external factors – wind, animals, fire, gravity – but this remarkable little prickly go-getter native to the Mediterranean has found its own way of getting the job done.New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Nov. 2024
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Offer appropriate praise directed at the child, without bringing up to their go-getter siblings or top-of-the-class cousins.Wayne Parker, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024
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In the nineteen-nineties, a half-dozen or so hustlers emerged from the rubble of the old system to exploit their proximity to Boris Yeltsin and his family to snatch up invaluable state properties––oil fields, mines, television stations––at knockoff prices.David Remnick, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
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Melvin Combs, a small-time hustler, was introduced to selling heroin when Lucas fronted him several kilos from his Golden Triangle connection.airmail.news, airmail.news, 16 Nov. 2024
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