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achiever

[uh-cheev-er] / əˈtʃiv ər /






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By that measure, 59-year-old Rory Bremner is a high achiever.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 16, 2025

Before the fall, Tina had been a high achiever - she and her husband Mark met while working as navigators in the RAF, and Tina went on to retrain as a lawyer.

From BBC Oct. 13, 2025

Growing up in Philadelphia, Sissoko was outspoken, a high achiever, captain of the high school debate team.

From New York Times May 28, 2024

And here is where that thing about a high achiever having “spare time” comes into play.

From Seattle Times Apr. 21, 2024

Like Chris, Carine is energetic and self-assured, a high achiever, quick to state an opinion.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Third, future world-class achievers typically did not focus on a single discipline early on.

From Science Daily Dec. 21, 2025

Some post pages on social media from “The Fountainhead,” Ayn Rand’s homage to driven achievers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2025

As age has hit, he's had to take a back seat to the more recent crop of achievers - Liel Abada, Jota, Daizen Maeda, Nicolas Gerrit-Kuhn.

From BBC May 17, 2025

Here are this year’s 10 dubious achievers across eight films.

From Salon Dec. 13, 2024

When I embarked on this book, I naively assumed that Volpe’s actors would probably be among the top students at their not-so-great high school, high achievers across the board.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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