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
Okla Jones, Essence, 3 Oct. 2025
Students wait in line before the start a career fair at the New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
The Ukrainians released a taunting video, in which first-person views of the drones careering into the planes were set to a pulsing techno soundtrack.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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Verb
Rosales officially kicked off her book tour in September at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art during Atlanta Art Fair Weekend, returning to a campus that holds a special place in her career.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 3 Oct. 2025
Students wait in line before the start a career fair at the New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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
The Ukrainians released a taunting video, in which first-person views of the drones careering into the planes were set to a pulsing techno soundtrack.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for career
Verb
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As the pair of drivers raced hard, even making contact on the last lap, the incident allowed Elliott to overtake them in no time.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Body camera footage from the incident, shared by police, showed Fayles racing over to the vehicle and using a long rod to break the car’s window.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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If your plants are failing to bloom or producing very few flower buds, adjust your cultural practices.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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Moody has been dedicating her practice to helping clients navigate the AI space and counsels nearly a dozen generative voice and audio AI companies.—
Claudia Rosenbaum,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Like hundreds of thousands of foreign professionals, Qian lived on an H-1B work visa — the document that tethered her job, her ability to travel, and her entire sense of security to the grace of her employer.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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For his third album, Tomlinson once again teamed up with producer Nico Rebscher (Aurora, Zoe Wees), and traveled to Santa Teresa in Costa Rica for inspiration in early 2025.—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Public sentiment was already souring as inflation and living costs skyrocketed.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Similar protests occurred in Brazil over steep living costs and poor healthcare and education ahead of the country hosting the 2014 World Cup tournament.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Sogard sliced a base hit to center and took advantage of Judge’s arm, speeding to second on what should have been a single.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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With more than 100 products, each with domain specific-functionality, Hron sees many more opportunities to plug in agentic AI to speed up work for legal and tax professionals.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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White has the Bucs' only rushing touchdown this season.—
Josh Buckhalter,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Normally, that kind of rushed means my base slips within a couple of hours—but Magic Hour came through again.—
Francesca Krempa,
StyleCaster,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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China's Tianwen 3 mission aims to launch in late 2028 and return Mars material to Earth in 2031.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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This marked the fourth time Canada had taken part in the mission in the last 12 months.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Career.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/career. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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