inveterate
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Obsessed with figuring out how things worked, he was an inveterate tinkerer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Duer was also an inveterate speculator and get-rich-quick schemer: “king of the alley,” as Thomas Jefferson derisively referred External link to Wall Street.
From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026
An inveterate self-promoter, Salieri is determined to control how he’ll be remembered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
Still, there is irony in Grantham, the inveterate bear, advancing an argument that could turn out to have bullish implications.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026
At the very core of the revolutionary legacy, however, was a virulent hatred of monarchy and an inveterate suspicion of any consolidated version of political authority.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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