: characterized by eager willingness to accept and meet challenges
a can-do attitude
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That can-do attitude has also been adopted by her son, who Evans said is very much a teen.
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Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
The equity-grading scandal underscores a destructive phenomenon, which since the 1960s has increasingly stifled America’s can-do spirit with countless rules and regulations.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Cleaning out your spare room could take days, or a few hours, if you’re seized with the right sort of can-do spirit.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
There are more products to launch, and engagement to be had with her 2 million Instagram followers and her Trinny Tribe, a loyal community whose members test products early, offer feedback and channel Trinny’s can-do spirit.
—Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
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Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
The equity-grading scandal underscores a destructive phenomenon, which since the 1960s has increasingly stifled America’s can-do spirit with countless rules and regulations.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Cleaning out your spare room could take days, or a few hours, if you’re seized with the right sort of can-do spirit.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
There are more products to launch, and engagement to be had with her 2 million Instagram followers and her Trinny Tribe, a loyal community whose members test products early, offer feedback and channel Trinny’s can-do spirit.
—Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Can-do.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/can-do. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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