as in ambitious
having a strong desire for personal advancement
she's the most hard-driving malpractice lawyer I've ever seen
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Recent Examples of hard-driving
That same year, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had spent just over a decade as Turkey’s hard-driving prime minister, became its president.
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Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
His management style is famously hard-driving and all-consuming.
—Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Sister Rita Michelle Proctor has challenged generations of children in her roles as everything from a basketball coach and classroom teacher to a hard-driving principal.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2025
In mere moments, Rebecca, a hard-driving businesswoman, makes the deal.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
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Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
His management style is famously hard-driving and all-consuming.
—Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Sister Rita Michelle Proctor has challenged generations of children in her roles as everything from a basketball coach and classroom teacher to a hard-driving principal.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2025
In mere moments, Rebecca, a hard-driving businesswoman, makes the deal.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-driving
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Many experts say that far more ambitious objective is unlikely to be achieved without cutting major federal programs like Social Security and Medicare, which President Trump has vowed not to touch.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2025
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Growing the cinema industry in the kingdom, and creating bona fide festivals, performers and filmmakers, is all part of the ambitious Vision 2030, the kingdom’s blueprint for diversifying everything from its economy to its entertainment industry.—
Randee Dawn,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2025
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Margaret has also summoned Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Hayden Anderson to the island for a monthlong trial period; whichever aspiring writer wins Margaret’s favor gets to pen her biography.—
Maya Layne,
Vogue,
22 Apr. 2025
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Set in 1992 in Aspen, Colorado, and inspired by a true story, Gonzo Girl follows Alley Russo, an aspiring writer who takes on an assistant job to the iconoclast and founder of gonzo journalism, Walker Reade.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Hard-driving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-driving. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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