self-starter
Example Sentences
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She’s a natural, a self-starter, a quick learner, a hard bargainer, a mistress of disguise — really just putting on a wig, some good clothes and a posh British or American accent.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2024
Gas-powered cars were becoming more reliable and easier to operate; the adoption of the self-starter made them safer.
From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2021
You have been improvising so much the last several years in your career; you have been a self-starter.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2020
We spiffied him up, and I reprogrammed him from thinking troll to thinking funny, kind, self-starter, entrepreneurial.
From Slate • Mar. 14, 2020
Their son was a self-starter, a little bit of a loner, and very self-sufficient.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
