take-charge
Example Sentences
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And they all focus on tough, take-charge women — often women whose commitment to what they know or think is right can make them a little hard to live with.
From New York Times
O’Hoppe played 51 games last season, hit 14 home runs, and drew raves from the pitchers for his defensive aptitude and take-charge attitude.
From Los Angeles Times
Yet what they have rarely had is a take-charge locker-room leader.
From Los Angeles Times
But they all fit nicely and amusingly into their roles, as does Idina Menzel, who plays Danny’s take-charge wife, Bree.
From Los Angeles Times
Szőke, meanwhile, is stunning in her first major film role, radiating bold, beyond-her-age smarts and heaving insecurity with flinty, take-charge magnetism — it’s light-years from the pathos-driven portrayals of Holocaust-scarred youths we so often get, but no less touching for how energetic it is.
From Los Angeles Times
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