self-advancement
noun
self-ad·vance·ment
ˌself-əd-ˈvan(t)-smənt 
: the act of advancing oneself
Reading from an early age is crucial to educational success and self-advancement …—
Sam Ford
Sam FordHistorically, the British aristocracy's defining feature was not a noble aspiration to serve the common weal but a desperate desire for self-advancement.—Chris Bryant
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Colin Farrell reprises his role as Oz Cobb aka The Penguin, the righthand man in the Falcone crime family who, after the death of his boss Carmine Falcone, schemes and angles for his own self-advancement to kingpin.
—refinery29.com, 27 Dec. 2024
But in offices where head-down self-advancement was the norm, Bragg amassed friends and allies.
—Michael Rothfeld Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Her willingness to expose Harvard to this embarrassment shows her commitment to her own self-advancement, not to the university.
—Alexander Hughes, National Review, 4 Jan. 2024
In that spirit of boundless self-advancement, Glück also taught herself to love cooking and eating.
—Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
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refinery29.com, 27 Dec. 2024
But in offices where head-down self-advancement was the norm, Bragg amassed friends and allies.
—Michael Rothfeld Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Her willingness to expose Harvard to this embarrassment shows her commitment to her own self-advancement, not to the university.
—Alexander Hughes, National Review, 4 Jan. 2024
In that spirit of boundless self-advancement, Glück also taught herself to love cooking and eating.
—Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
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“Self-advancement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-advancement. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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