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as in prostitute
a woman who engages in sexual activities for money
policemen kept the street clean of hustlers
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as in powerhouse
an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired
the ad for the sales job claims that for someone who's a real hustler, the sky's the limit
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Recent Examples of hustler
Zulfi is an iconoclast and a hustler, a man who dreams of opening a Muslims-only version of Uber and who, even in the face of Shah’s elitism and English society’s broader wariness, holds onto an unshakable optimism.
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Joe Reid,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
There also appears to have been no oversight at the Palmetto State Bank, where Murdaugh’s embezzlement co-conspirator Russell Laffitte shuffled their victims’ money around like a street hustler running a three-card-monte table.
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James Lasdun,
New Yorker,
26 May 2026
Small businesses, Etsy sellers and side hustlers producing customized products often face bottlenecks in design time, particularly when handling high volumes of personalized orders.
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New Atlas,
24 May 2026
In the ensuing panic, Jesus (Bilal Hasna) wanders off down to Earth and is befriended by a former street hustler named Harry the Fish (Mark Addy).
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ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
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Joe Reid,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
There also appears to have been no oversight at the Palmetto State Bank, where Murdaugh’s embezzlement co-conspirator Russell Laffitte shuffled their victims’ money around like a street hustler running a three-card-monte table.
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James Lasdun,
New Yorker,
26 May 2026
Small businesses, Etsy sellers and side hustlers producing customized products often face bottlenecks in design time, particularly when handling high volumes of personalized orders.
—
New Atlas,
24 May 2026
In the ensuing panic, Jesus (Bilal Hasna) wanders off down to Earth and is befriended by a former street hustler named Harry the Fish (Mark Addy).
—
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hustler
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The slur, which literally means male prostitute in Spanish, could be heard at the Azteca stadium toward the end of the first half when Czech goalkeeper Matej Kovar took a goal kick.
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Pol learns the ropes alongside fellow stripper Noel (Daniel Fernando) and savvy prostitute Bambi (Jaclyn Jose), discovering an underbelly of protection rackets, human trafficking and rampant political corruption.
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Wicked, another Broadway powerhouse, famously lost in that category, but that hardly dispels the correlation between Tony awards and staying power, seeing as Wicked won in three other categories.
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Night after night, my For You Page is flooded with her powerhouse performances of her greatest hits.
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This kind of inclusivity would explain Glenn Close‘s appearance — as a visiting literary scholar — at just the right moment, as well as Penélope Cruz’s showstopping cameo as Nené, a singer-slash-hooker who schools Sebastián on the then-nascent form of the modern transgender movement.
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Bemis, sold by her family in China and sent to America, worked as a domestic, not as a hooker.
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“Hustler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hustler. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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