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hardworking

[hahrd-wur-king] / ˈhɑrdˈwɜr kɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
conscientious
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STRONGEST


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“Our family is hardworking and we wanted to give them credit too. To us, that’s royalty.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Yet no amount of investigation is going to bring back a loving husband and a hardworking father of five children.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

The U.S. economy is driven by the extraordinarily resourceful, innovative, and hardworking private sector.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

She said she was the only child of her "hardworking" parents, and was "their whole world".

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

My world was filled with hopeful, hardworking people who were obsessed with their own upward mobility.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama