striver
Example Sentences
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I’m the first to admit that it hasn’t been easy saying goodbye to the career striver I have been for more than five decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
Rebekah, a corporate striver with a mercenary streak, is beholden to her first-born boy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
The “Vanderpump Rules” crew were the quintessential Angeleno archetype: the striver from nowhere, with something to prove.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024
I should mention that the saintly striver is all the while giving support to a former prostitute, hoping to open a hospital and enduring a lung condition with a terminal prognosis.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
He was himself a striver, and he sought to instill that ethos in the school.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
