self-starter
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As Rickey, a flighty self-starter who just can’t seem to get started, Angarano is wildly funny and also painfully familiar.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2025
So when you croon the lines, you need to both gently guide them so they’re not intimidated, but also motivate them to be an independent self-starter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
We spiffied him up, and I reprogrammed him from thinking troll to thinking funny, kind, self-starter, entrepreneurial.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2020
According to Ms. Smith, Edith Gregor Halpert was a “formidable, feisty and sometimes manipulative self-starter with an ecumenical eye, a passion for art and an inborn instinct for sales and promotion.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2019
Their son was a self-starter, a little bit of a loner, and very self-sufficient.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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