self-starter
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
I emphasized my ability to work independently, that I was a self-starter and had excellent time management skills.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
