career woman

Example Sentences

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As I’ve written before for Salon, when the Vances married, JD seemed to appreciate that his wife was an ambitious career woman.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

Princess Aiko's mother, Empress Masako, is known as a "career woman" princess and empress in Japan.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2024

The groundbreaking sitcom “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” about a single career woman in Minneapolis, debuted on CBS in Sept. 1970, just months before “All in the Family” started.

From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2023

Then there was Miranda’s transformation from pragmatic career woman to lovesick dingbat, and the glaring absence of Samantha, a character who now exists solely via text message, like a saucy phantom trapped inside Carrie’s phone.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2023

The dress is what I imagine a career woman wearing when she goes out for drinks after work.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez