self-starter
Example Sentences
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As Rickey, a flighty self-starter who just can’t seem to get started, Angarano is wildly funny and also painfully familiar.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2025
She’s a natural, a self-starter, a quick learner, a hard bargainer, a mistress of disguise — really just putting on a wig, some good clothes and a posh British or American accent.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2024
It sounds like you’re raising an industrious self-starter!
From Slate • Sep. 6, 2021
Yet Michelangelo’s self-starter claims may still stand up to scrutiny.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2017
Their son was a self-starter, a little bit of a loner, and very self-sufficient.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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