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achiever

[uh-cheev-er] / əˈtʃiv ər /






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By that measure, 59-year-old Rory Bremner is a high achiever.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 16, 2025

Before the fall, Tina had been a high achiever - she and her husband Mark met while working as navigators in the RAF, and Tina went on to retrain as a lawyer.

From BBC Oct. 13, 2025

Rob was a high achiever who worked hard and played hard, while I struggled to find my footing as a part-time writer.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2024

Growing up in Philadelphia, Sissoko was outspoken, a high achiever, captain of the high school debate team.

From New York Times May 28, 2024

Chris was a high achiever in almost everything that caught his fancy.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

At an estate nestled in New York’s Hudson Valley, a group of high achievers gathered to talk about the sacrifices and disappointments that can come with success.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

If a category is marked in green on the chart, the clinic would be judged to be among the company's top 25% of achievers in the UK.

From BBC Jan. 12, 2026

Third, future world-class achievers typically did not focus on a single discipline early on.

From Science Daily Dec. 21, 2025

The students, being Stanford-type achievers, seem to have studied and followed the guide closely, according to charging documents — casing the building in days prior.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2025

When I embarked on this book, I naively assumed that Volpe’s actors would probably be among the top students at their not-so-great high school, high achievers across the board.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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