overachiever
Example Sentences
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A team of overachievers filled with a roster of best friends combined chemistry, determination and toughness to overcome all odds.
From Los Angeles Times
“We love an undersized overachiever. He’s this scrappy, down-to-earth, smart — super smart — funny dude who works hard. It’s like, what else could you possibly want?”
From Washington Post
“I got a breaking news alert when I croaked,” some overachiever has surely bragged in the great beyond.
From New York Times
The recruits are almost all hyper-motivated overachievers, often with college degrees, who have passed a battery of strength and intelligence tests.
From New York Times
But beating up on the big guys with overachievers seems to be the norm in West Lafayette, Indiana.
From Seattle Times
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