overachiever

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Recent Examples of overachiever Phoebe Gates Reinventing fashion tech Being an overachiever is a birthright for Microsoft scion and recent Stanford grad Phoebe Gates (she/her), who finished her bachelor of science a year early. Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 5 Sep. 2024 Every profession has its share of hard chargers and overachievers. Chris Woolston, Washington Post, 21 July 2024 One common type of student is the overachiever: a first-year student who was at the top of his class in high school and never needed to exert much effort to get there. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2018 Vanessa Wiliams was an overachiever from an early age. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 24 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for overachiever 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overachiever
Noun
  • The concert was a powerhouse of moody songs rich with Gilmour’s emotive playing.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
  • America Innovates While Europe Regulates In the past two decades, the U.S. stock market has been a powerhouse.
    Frank Holmes, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Unlock the secrets of networking like high achievers To network like a high achiever, shift your focus to building real, meaningful relationships.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The world's top achievers all have a secret weapon: their personal success system.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • Working from home and hybrid working arrangements are still being deliberated, but their popularity among self-starter employees and those who can perform without direct, in-person oversight is undeniable.
    Sean Manning, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Clearly Johnson, who was raised in Sacramento, is a doer, achiever, and fast learner.
    Gary Stern, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • After our acquisition by Nuveen, my role shifted from a doer to leader.
    Jessica Bailey, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • For Rubin, his Fanatics Sportsbook partner is a strategic go-getter who brought that expertise with him to the gig.
    Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 18 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Early cinematic collaborations full of colorful characters like drug addicts and street hustlers include in 1965 Space and My Hustler, a year later with The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound and San Diego Surf and Lonesome Cowboys in 1968.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2024
  • However, the day following the fight, the robbery, a hustler named Chicken Man (Kevin Hart) and Atlanta’s first Black detective, J.D. Hudson (Don Cheadle), were front page news.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024

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“Overachiever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overachiever. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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