go-getting

Example Sentences

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Denny’s 15-year-old sister, Cissy, a no-nonsense, go-getting “mulish queen,” insists on tagging along and scouring the landscape until her brother is found.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

The go-getting entrepreneur had to close her business and was soon spending most of her time on the couch.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2022

“It’s a transparent generation that’s practical, go-getting, tech-oriented and eager to have it all.”

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2017

Commercially successful artists, especially ones who are openly aiming for massive success or who have sustained stardom, tend to be dinged for being go-getting.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2017

Attorney's office in Chicago had a tight relation with the Secret Service, especially go-getting Chicago-based agent Timothy Foley.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce