achiever
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On and off skis, Gu is a high achiever in every part of her world.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
By that measure, 59-year-old Rory Bremner is a high achiever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
Growing up in Philadelphia, Sissoko was outspoken, a high achiever, captain of the high school debate team.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2024
And here is where that thing about a high achiever having “spare time” comes into play.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2024
If we scratch below the surface of every great achiever, do we always find the equivalent of the Michigan Computer Center or the hockey all-star team—some sort of special opportunity for practice?
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
In her math classes, Chacon is developing a growing cadre of high achievers in a student population that comes almost entirely from high-poverty families.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Paresh was named Disruptor of the Year by a media group recognizing high achievers in real estate who are Black, Asian or ethnic minorities, in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Third, future world-class achievers typically did not focus on a single discipline early on.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2025
As age has hit, he's had to take a back seat to the more recent crop of achievers - Liel Abada, Jota, Daizen Maeda, Nicolas Gerrit-Kuhn.
From BBC ● May 17, 2025
So it appears that while it is easier for a few high achievers to scale the summits of wealth, for many others it has become harder to move up from one economic class to another.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
