as in powerhouses
an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired
he was the proverbial bootstrapper, having worked his way up from the mail room to the corner office
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powerhouses
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But there’s also powerhouses in this league.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
16 Sep. 2025 -
The latest advances in multimodal AI are turning voice assistants from novelties into productivity powerhouses.—
Gelila,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Bootstrappers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bootstrappers. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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