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
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
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
Chris was a high achiever in almost everything that caught his fancy.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Third, future world-class achievers typically did not focus on a single discipline early on.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2025
Some post pages on social media from “The Fountainhead,” Ayn Rand’s homage to driven achievers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 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
Indian states allocate jobs for high achievers in sports, guaranteeing an income even after a player's active sporting years are over.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 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
