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hardworking

[hahrd-wur-king] / ˈhɑrdˈwɜr kɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
conscientious
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Yet no amount of investigation is going to bring back a loving husband and a hardworking father of five children.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

López kept her word, casting Ontiveros as Carmen, the hardworking, hysterical mother in “Real Women Have Curves.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

"Stephen Miller has faithfully served President Trump for years because he's intelligent, hardworking, and loyal," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told the BBC.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

Some readers imagine Kafka’s protagonist, Gregor Samsa, a hardworking salesman in a city that seems analogous to Kafka’s native Prague, has morphed into a cockroach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

But those first nine expeditions embarked for Tibet from Darjeeling, where many Sherpas had emigrated, and where they had developed a reputation among the resident colonialists for being hardworking, affable, and intelligent.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer