team player
noun
: someone who cares more about helping a group or team to succeed than about his or her individual success
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Despite that unapologetic nature, Cloud Dancer is a team player.
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Tim Nelson, Architectural Digest, 4 Dec. 2025
Coles did what a good team player does but wasn’t happy about it.
—Dan Pompei, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
The wordplay is as colorful as the sonics are sedate, tag-team player parables sailing over production seeking a slippery middle ground between East and West Coast throwback jams.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Sources close to Levy pointed to his career before the BBC as a team player without issue.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2025
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Tim Nelson, Architectural Digest, 4 Dec. 2025
Coles did what a good team player does but wasn’t happy about it.
—Dan Pompei, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
The wordplay is as colorful as the sonics are sedate, tag-team player parables sailing over production seeking a slippery middle ground between East and West Coast throwback jams.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Sources close to Levy pointed to his career before the BBC as a team player without issue.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for team player
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“Team player.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/team%20player. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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