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My brother is a real workaholic who almost never takes time off.
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To identify workaholics, the researchers used established psychological surveys that measure both excessive and compulsive working tendencies.
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Dunham has recently garnered the most buzz since Girls with Too Much, her series co-created for Netflix with husband Luis Felber, which centers on the unexpected romance between a New York workaholic (Megan Stalter) and a British musician (Will Sharpe).
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Instead, Ballard is all about establishing its title character as a badass workaholic who refuses to bend to the department’s sexism and has faith in her teammates on the Cold Case Unit to give all their effort to their cause.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 July 2025
In the new Netflix rom-com series Too Much, Megan Stalter stars as Jessica, a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties, who is reeling from a broken heart after her relationship ends.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Dunham has recently garnered the most buzz since Girls with Too Much, her series co-created for Netflix with husband Luis Felber, which centers on the unexpected romance between a New York workaholic (Megan Stalter) and a British musician (Will Sharpe).
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Instead, Ballard is all about establishing its title character as a badass workaholic who refuses to bend to the department’s sexism and has faith in her teammates on the Cold Case Unit to give all their effort to their cause.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 July 2025
In the new Netflix rom-com series Too Much, Megan Stalter stars as Jessica, a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties, who is reeling from a broken heart after her relationship ends.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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“Workaholic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/workaholic. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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workaholic
noun
work·a·hol·ic
ˌwər-kə-ˈhȯl-ik, -ˈhäl- 
: a compulsive worker
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