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achiever

[uh-cheev-er] / əˈtʃiv ər /






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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

Rob was a high achiever who worked hard and played hard, while I struggled to find my footing as a part-time writer.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2024

Growing up in Philadelphia, Sissoko was outspoken, a high achiever, captain of the high school debate team.

From New York Times May 28, 2024

Like Chris, Carine is energetic and self-assured, a high achiever, quick to state an opinion.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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

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

Third, future world-class achievers typically did not focus on a single discipline early on.

From Science Daily Dec. 21, 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




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