team player

Example Sentences

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For years, the U.S. was the only real player in this strategic game, wielding the U.S. dollar and the control the currency gave it over the global financial system to pressure rivals and sanction enemies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

But the last two quarters have proven that it is a real player, growing faster than Azure and AWS.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

“Now you fight through it and you become a real player that can have a very long, successful career.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023

Almiron looks a real player now - intelligent, really quick, sharp on the ball and able to go past people.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2022

To the real player, besides, Whist was never so engrossing as to exclude occasional remark; and some of the smartest and wittiest of Talleyrand's sayings were uttered at the card-table.

From Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General by Lever, Charles James