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
The pleasantness of his company sits unsteadily beside his reputation for being, at times, hard-driving, harsh, and unempathetic.
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Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
That same year, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had spent just over a decade as Turkey’s hard-driving prime minister, became its president.
—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
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Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
That same year, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had spent just over a decade as Turkey’s hard-driving prime minister, became its president.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-driving
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Musk has seemingly pushed back the deadline for the $1 trillion in savings, as the billionaire Tesla chief said in March the ambitious cuts would be completed in roughly two months.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The stricken destroyer was the country’s newest warship and was meant to be a triumph of North Korea’s ambitious naval modernization effort.—
Mike Valerio,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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And this year, for the first time, the city offered aspiring lifeguards the opportunity to practice for the test with a swim instructor before trying out.—
Alyce McFadden,
New York Times,
25 May 2025
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The two aspiring entrepreneurs hit the ground running on their venture.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2025
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“Hard-driving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-driving. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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