achiever
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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
One manager is charismatic, tactically astute, a born leader and an over achiever.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 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
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But even those high achievers might be awestruck by one of the race car drivers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 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
Even though impostor feelings are common among high achievers, many people keep them to themselves.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026
But on Saturday, those two schools will compete for a chance to gain admission to an elite society of high achievers where no Ivy Leaguer has gone before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
In 2011, I’d taken a group of thirty-seven girls from the school to visit the University of Oxford, bringing not the high achievers but students whose teachers thought they weren’t yet reaching their potential.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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