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hardworking

Definition for hardworking

adjective as in conscientious

Strongest matches

dedicated, diligent

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Example Sentences

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He’s rough-hewn, simple, hardworking, not immune to the impermanent nature of the world but brought up short when that world goes awry; Mr. Edgerton has to give emotional depth to a laconic character.

Now, Cassiopeia was a bright and hardworking student.

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Martinez added that “hardworking Californians paid the price for his refusal to vote to keep the government open, and next November, they’ll send him packing.”

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"Mistakes are made" but the BBC's journalists are "hardworking people who strive for impartiality," she told reporters outside the broadcaster's London headquarters.

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"Mistakes are made" but the BBC's journalists are "hardworking people who strive for impartiality," she told reporters outside the broadcaster's London headquarters in her first public remarks since announcing she was stepping down.

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