as in obsessive
caused by or suggestive of an irresistible urge
a man with a driven need to be loved or liked by everyone
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as in pushed
to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one
drove the plunger into the opening
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as in forced
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
the corrupt governor was driven out of office
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as in powered
to cause to function
machinery driven by waterpower
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as in moved
to set or keep in motion
this motor drives the gears, which then turn the shaft
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as in raced
to proceed or move quickly
the runner drove past the finish line and then came to a dead stop
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Recent Examples of driven
arkansasonline.com, 5 Mar. 2025
The Folgore’s driven front wheels makes its steering heavier, whereas the Trofeo is rear-wheel drive.
—James Morris, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Remember that China’s high saving rate is driven by the lack of a social safety net.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
The richest person in the world, Musk is known as a driven, demanding executive who is willing to take bold risks, often with great rewards.
—arkansasonline.com, 5 Mar. 2025
The Folgore’s driven front wheels makes its steering heavier, whereas the Trofeo is rear-wheel drive.
—James Morris, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Verb
Main Board short turnover decreased by -45% from yesterday, which is 45% of the 1-year average, as 11% of turnover was short turnover (Hong Kong short turnover includes ETF short volume, which is driven by market makers’ ETF hedging).
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Remember that China’s high saving rate is driven by the lack of a social safety net.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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This show should finally set the record straight: here is an American visionary whose obsessive paintings are at once stylized and crudely instinctive, achieving a kind of cryptic simplicity that might be called folk surrealism.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
ARTnews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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That's right, Penn Badgley will return as Joe Goldberg in the fifth and final season of the show about the obsessive young man who goes to extreme lengths to get close to people he becomes transfixed by.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
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Drivers including Ken Miles, Michael Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Bob Bondurant, and Carroll Shelby have also run the course.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2025
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His parents, who tell THR their son is taking the abrupt introduction to fame in stride, perch nearby, ready to run him home after the shoot.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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Chappell and Webb have pushed each other out of their comfort zones to create some truly remarkable work in 2024.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
24 Dec. 2024
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Weary citizens continue to suffer under high inflation, which has pushed up prices for essentials like oil and rice.—
Saif Hasnat Atul Loke,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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Clients who check their investments frequently tend to experience more anxiety and are more likely to make impulsive changes.—
Andrew Rosen,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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In Trump's impulsive first term, Waltz might've been fired.—
Marc Caputo,
Axios,
29 Mar. 2025
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Some associates of the anti-government militant Ammon Bundy rode along with him.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2025
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After Thompson was gunned down, police said, Mangione ran off, rode into Central Park on a bike, ditched it on the Upper West Side, then took a taxi to the Port Authority bus terminal near the George Washington Bridge and escaped from the city.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
11 Dec. 2024
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Around that moment, Cronin pressed pause.—
Ben Bolch,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Dec. 2024
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The Bills have had difficulties stopping teams through the air in recent games, and even with Douglas’ potential return, Rodgers, Adams, Wilson and the Jets should be pressed enough by the Bills offense to put up some points of their own.—
Joe Buscaglia,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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The success has propelled Shaboozey into the public eye and led to show appearances and campaigns, including YSL’s Myslf Le Parfum campaign this fall.—
Kristen Tauer,
WWD,
23 Dec. 2024
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That early surge propelled the Tigers to a 76-50 victory over Bryant in Sunday’s championship game of the Chad Gardner Law King of the Bluegrass Holiday Classic at Fairdale.—
Rich Barak,
The Courier-Journal,
23 Dec. 2024
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Clad in all white, the 32x Grammy winner rode into NRG Stadium on a white horse, performing ’16 Carriages’ and her Beatles ‘Blackbiird’ cover to kick off her A Cowboy Carter Christmas NFL halftime show at the Houston Texans-Baltimore Ravens game.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
25 Dec. 2024
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And the Jewish world mourned the deaths of Ken Holtzman, the winningest Jewish pitcher in MLB history, and Hall of Fame jockey Walter Blum, who rode to victory in the Belmont Stakes.—
Jacob Gurvis,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Driven.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/driven. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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