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overachiever

[oh-ver-uh-chee-ver] / ˌoʊ vər əˈtʃi vər /


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Agoura, under first-year coach Adam Goldstein, is another overachiever.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

Syndicated episodes of “Martha Stewart Living” upheld the attainability of elegance and the value of precise execution, appealing to my inner overachiever.

From Salon Jan. 30, 2026

If the bare minimum is enough for you to be seen and recognized for solid work, there might be no need to become an office overachiever.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 30, 2025

If you’re going to be an overachiever, be one like Schuyler Peters.

From Seattle Times Apr. 21, 2024

I’m something of an overachiever in that class.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

The Brewers are the small-market overachievers, who somehow have retained their little-engine-that-could persona despite owning the best regular-season record in baseball last year.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

Brighton, currently seventh in the EPL, is consistently one of the biggest overachievers in English soccer and Union Saint-Gilloise, which plays in a 9,000-seat stadium, last year reached the Champions League.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

So let's have look at the continent's biggest overachievers - have your say, tell us who we've missed and rank the top 10 below.

From BBC Mar. 16, 2026

Like any friend group, “Next Gen NYC” is filled with overachievers and underachievers; people who have family money and people who work long hours, scraping by to make their way in the big city.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2025

It is not uncommon for doctors to be chronic overachievers; Beck wasn’t the first physician to go overboard with a new hobby.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer



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