self-made man
Example Sentences
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He’s a self-made man, but he credited Hong Kong for giving him the opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Margaret Thatcher's biographer Lord Charles Moore said he was the "first important personal example of Thatcherism in action because he was the self-made man from the working class and he was unapologetic about that".
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025
But I was not desperate to survive, to be a self-made man.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024
Still, Berlusconi billed himself as a self-made man.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
