overachiever

Syndicated episodes of “Martha Stewart Living” upheld the attainability of elegance and the value of precise execution, appealing to my inner overachiever.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2026

If the bare minimum is enough for you to be seen and recognized for solid work, there might be no need to become an office overachiever.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025

Flack considered herself an overachiever, a stubborn perfectionist and was given to self-reflection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2025

If you’re going to be an overachiever, be one like Schuyler Peters.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2024

She’s in the one and only elective class she has all year, because she’s an overachiever.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

The Brewers are the small-market overachievers, who somehow have retained their little-engine-that-could persona despite owning the best regular-season record in baseball last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

Brighton, currently seventh in the EPL, is consistently one of the biggest overachievers in English soccer and Union Saint-Gilloise, which plays in a 9,000-seat stadium, last year reached the Champions League.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Opta's predicted table had Villa finishing 12th and, currently fifth, they are the biggest overachievers of the season ahead of Sunderland.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

Like any friend group, “Next Gen NYC” is filled with overachievers and underachievers; people who have family money and people who work long hours, scraping by to make their way in the big city.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2025

Dwaine was proud of his son, who had started at defensive tackle for Permian in 1987 when the team, the biggest bunch of overachievers ever, had gone all the way to the state semifinals.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger