striver
Example Sentences
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In the 1960s and early ’70s, she is a plucky striver; in later decades, she is another famous author—book tours, awards, hobnobbing with luminaries, Democratic politics, remodeling homes in tony enclaves.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Long before “American Idol” and its ilk, pageants were a means for a small-town striver to vault herself into a bigger world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
Rebekah, a corporate striver with a mercenary streak, is beholden to her first-born boy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025
In outline, it’s a familiar story of a classic American striver.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2023
He was himself a striver, and he sought to instill that ethos in the school.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
