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noun

Definition of careernext
as in practice

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verb

as in to race
to proceed or move quickly she careered off to the class she'd almost forgotten

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Recent Examples of career
Noun
In the course of his career, Rock has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts, and was named a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the John Dos Passos Prize. — Zachary Fletcher, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Early life and political career Flávio Nantes Bolsonaro was born on April 30, 1981, in Resende, the eldest son of Jair Bolsonaro and his first wife, Rogéria Bolsonaro. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
After a blood-clot diagnosis last year forced him to contemplate how quickly careers — and lives — can end, Wembanyama decided to create a lasting legacy. — J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026 And then the plane careered into a big house that was behind the bus and burst into flames. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 24 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for career
Recent Examples of Synonyms for career
  1. practice
  2. race
  3. living
  4. travel
  5. lifework
  6. speed
  7. mission
  8. rush
Noun
  • Selling minority stakes in sports teams is nothing new, but the practice has become more common.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The finalist images document the consequences of overfishing and bycatch, the impact of pollution on marine mammals and the killing of pilot whales in the Faroe Islands, a practice known as grindadráp.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of practice
Verb
  • Dustin Arnold, were racing as fast as 120 mph in order to get to the scene.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In the span of less than a week this July, surgeons at a Southern California hospital raced to save the lives of two women suffering from alarmingly similar brain hemorrhages.
    — Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of race
Noun
  • Some young residents, still early in their careers, are turning to unconventional living arrangements, including living with elderly roommates, to keep their housing costs down.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • There’s no unwinding in the serene nature and crisp German air of Baden-Baden, the historic town long associated with restorative living, and that seamless discretion is entirely the point.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of living
Verb
  • The fact a majority of them belong to people who traveled from another country and the conditions of the desert itself both complicate efforts to identify remains, therefore hindering missing persons cases, experts say.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Her campaign’s door-knockers travel with a letter from Bohannan introducing herself.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of travel
Noun
  • Spreading that message is Bigtree’s lifework.
    — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Four years after Farmer’s death, Clinton reflects on preserving her mentor’s lifework in health care and remembers his tender tenacity.
    — Chelsea Clinton, Vanity Fair, 24 Feb. 2026
Definition of lifework
Verb
  • Officers said Rodriguez sped out of the lot and fled the scene.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The next day, his rebuild group met, and one of the architects brought up prefabricated housing as an option to speed things along.
    — Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of speed
Noun
  • Over the course of its five-year mission, the Roman telescope will capture images of the Milky Way, survey the entire sky and observe supernova explosions that occurred as far as 8 billion years ago.
    — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The Boxer can support amphibious operations and aviation missions from its expansive flight deck.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of mission
Verb
  • When Conforto returned to Williamsport with the Mets in 2018, all those moments came rushing back.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The microscopic amoeba thrives in warm freshwater and can cause a neurological infection when water containing the amoeba rushes through the nose and reaches the brain, according to the state health department.
    — Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
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“Career.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/career. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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