overachiever
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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
You’re an overachiever, a Berkeley grad and former Groundlings member.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2025
If you’re an overachiever who’s already listened to every single playlist?
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
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
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
We've even seen how results of teams eventually fall in line with their underlying numbers over the course of this season, with early overachievers Aston Villa and Sunderland.
From BBC ● May 8, 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
He could be a special adviser, coaxing the best out of overachievers like himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
It is not uncommon for doctors to be chronic overachievers; Beck wasn’t the first physician to go overboard with a new hobby.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
