: characterized by eager willingness to accept and meet challenges
a can-do attitude
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With a thick brush mustache and a can-do spirit, Tobolowsky radiates a sense of enthusiasm that is at once endearing and infectious.
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Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Historians say American innovations in medicine, science and technology today are being driven by the same can-do attitude that prompted their forebears to travel the trail.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Simply add your own creativity and can-do spirit.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
There’s just such a can-do attitude for me.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
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Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Historians say American innovations in medicine, science and technology today are being driven by the same can-do attitude that prompted their forebears to travel the trail.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Simply add your own creativity and can-do spirit.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
There’s just such a can-do attitude for me.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for can-do
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“Can-do.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/can-do. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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