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career

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verb

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Recent Examples of career
Noun
Jacas left Illinois as one of the most experienced and productive edge rushers in college football, with 41 career starts and 11 sacks last season. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026 The stable Taurus Sun meets resistance from intense Pluto in Aquarius, pushing tension between daily responsibilities and bigger career demands. Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
And then the plane careered into a big house that was behind the bus and burst into flames. Jem Aswad, Variety, 24 July 2025 From advice on finding the right job to career myths to tips for internal job searches, there is a lot to love about their over 600 episodes. Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for career
Recent Examples of Synonyms for career
Noun
  • Princess Elizabeth, far left, was pictured with the rest of the Challenge Cup swimming team ahead of practice at the Bath Club in 1939.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Mapping that terrain is a social practice.
    Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Thunder raced out to a 15-point lead after the first quarter and never looked back.
    Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The North Carolina human resources executive spent two months racking up credits through web tutorials after work in 2024, then raced through 11 online classes at the University of Maine at Presque Isle in four weeks.
    Todd Wallack, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • An elevator opens to the fifth floor, where all the sleeping quarters—including a one-bedroom guest suite with living and dining areas—are spread out.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2026
  • But at the bottom of a nearby hill, there is also a patch of woods that runs along an old railroad, just large enough, apparently, for a coyote to eke out a living.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The club travels to Portland on Wednesday night for a match against the second-place Thorns, the team that eliminated San Diego from last year’s playoffs.
    Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Meanwhile, be aware that the next six years will bring urges to impulsively travel, and do exciting things to give yourself an adventurous world.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
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
Verb
  • Performance turnarounds of this nature take time, and there are no tangible shortcuts that can speed up the process.
    Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Forty-seven people died and more than 100 were injured when a speeding Burlington passenger train headed for California slammed into a train bound for Omaha, which had stopped at the Naperville station.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Williams said that the new results can help inform the experimental design for these future missions.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • If the company’s new partnership with Steppenwolf can advance this mission even further, then the years ahead are looking bright.
    Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Jamie Marshall, who worked as an assistant director on a number of Fuqua’s films, was struck by his ability to insure that actors never feel rushed, even when the producers start to sweat.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • While many couples have whirlwind romances, others have delayed their nuptials for a number of reasons, from not wanting to rush things to the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026

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“Career.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/career. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.

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