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Noun
Throughout his lengthy career, Moyers received many honors, including 35 Emmy Awards, two Alfred I. Dupont-Columbia University Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, and three George Polk Awards. Lauren Huff, EW.com, 27 June 2025 Attenborough, at age ninety-nine, reflects on his iconic career, including the horrific declines and astonishing recoveries he’s witnessed over decades of immersion in the planet’s diverse oceanic ecology. Audiofile Magazine june 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
Verb
They were fascinated to see these guys, careering around the field in wheelchairs, playing basketball, wheelchair rugby, sitting volleyball, everything. Janine Henni, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025 The second the final whistle blew, all of Georgia’s subs and staff careered onto the pitch. Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 9 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for career
Recent Examples of Synonyms for career
Noun
  • On Tuesday, Rice caught closer Luke Weaver’s live batting practice as the righty recovers from a left hamstring strain.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 18 June 2025
  • Brian Daboll told the Giants’ players before their final minicamp practice that their spring progress was encouraging, given what is coming around the bend.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Investigators raced to check jail phone logs to see who might have known ahead of time.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 17 June 2025
  • Once Angelo, of all people, eventually drafted Forte in the second round, Baratz raced to the offices of his colleagues, throwing his hands to the sky.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • As more of this generation crosses the threshold into their senior years, the demand for senior living communities is set to surge.
    Ryan Whitefield, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
  • His only living relative, a sister, recently came to visit.
    Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 15 June 2025
Verb
  • The pair, while traveling east in a 2020 Honda that was negotiating a curve, crossed the centerline into the westbound lane and collided head-on with a 2015 Ford traveling west, according to a State Police report.
    NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 16 June 2025
  • Rent a car or take advantage of Europe’s superb train service to travel from small city to city at your leisure.
    John Mariani, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • That Miyazaki’s lifework is now grist for the generative-A.I. mill might be not only an insult but a copyright infringement.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Among the influencers in those meetings was Arturo Schomburg, a Puerto Rican historian of African descent who, as a young child, often wondered about the lack of African history taught in his classrooms, an interest that formed the cornerstone of his lifework of research and preservation.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • For such projects, L.A. County is expediting permitting timelines to speed up fire recovery.
    Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2025
  • Cynthia, seeing Carmen and Julius bleeding, sped to the hospital, one minute away, but Carmen was pronounced dead on arrival.
    Sally Ventura June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Unfortunately, Sam’s missions keep her from fulfilling her maid of honor duties, so Betsy replaces Sam with her soon-to-be sister-in-law (Anna Chlumsky).
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 21 June 2025
  • But helping people understand the mission was one half of the journey.
    Sara Braun, Fortune, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • Pablo the Newfoundland gets dried off after a bath, minutes before he's rushed to the vet.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
  • Before the doctor could see her, she was rushed to the emergency room.
    Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2025

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“Career.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/career. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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