pushiness
Example Sentences
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“She doesn’t have that pushiness that many politicians tend to have, which is ‘Who is in the front, who gets to be on TV?’” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026
It actually has some interesting existential detours within it, but the and here’s the moral pushiness of the refrain is reductive.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2020
Yet the movement for equal pay is much broader than that: let’s say the gap is because we are agreeable, what can we do to create pay structures that don’t just value pushiness?
From The Guardian ● Apr. 23, 2019
For all her pushiness, Nellie was his true love, and the attention he devoted to her recovery after a stroke is deeply moving.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2018
Don't let your eagerness for the job turn into pushiness.
From US News ● Aug. 22, 2016
