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to proceed or move quickly
she careered off to the class she'd almost forgotten
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Recent Examples of career
Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
Fostering Collaboration, Leadership and Professional Growth The Wake Forest School of Business and the School of Professional Studies offer a broad selection of programs to Charlotte-area working professionals with a myriad of pathways to advance their careers.
—Wake Forest University, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2025
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
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Noun
The scoring changes are the latest in a series of remedies Bar leaders are approving for thousands of applicants whose legal careers were impacted by the exam that crashed on test day.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
Fostering Collaboration, Leadership and Professional Growth The Wake Forest School of Business and the School of Professional Studies offer a broad selection of programs to Charlotte-area working professionals with a myriad of pathways to advance their careers.
—Wake Forest University, Charlotte Observer, 3 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for career
Noun
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Building a culture of positive reinforcement can improve employee satisfaction, enhance patient care and strengthen the overall success of a practice.—
Sacha Obaid,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Though inhalation abuse is not a new practice, figures cited by CNN show an increase in the number of teens taking part.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
Verb
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This time, the Stig (aka Ben Collins) raced a Praga Bohema, a car that produces less than half the power produced by modern-day hypercars.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 June 2025
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The Russian, who was one of the pre-tournament favorites, raced to a 3-0 lead in the second set but cracked after a missed backhand gave Boisson a hold of serve.—
Manasi Pathak,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Another issue will be healing a nation that feels as polarized as at any time in living memory.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
4 June 2025
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This way of living may have protected you once, but you’re allowed to outgrow patterns that no longer keep you safe.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
Verb
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The ban, which goes into effect on Monday, bars travel to the United States by citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.—
Hamed Aleaziz,
New York Times,
5 June 2025
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After the Peru game Colombia travels to Argentina for a rematch of the Copa America final; another fine test of their credentials ahead of the 2026 tournament.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
4 June 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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Reconciliation Since agreeing on a final budget can be slow, to speed things up, the Senate often jumps straight to a process called reconciliation.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Analysts believe Washington will use the London meeting to push Beijing to speed up sales of minerals and other crucial components for manufacturing, while China is expected to argue for easing technology sales curbs, including on artificial intelligence chips.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
10 June 2025
Noun
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The trailer certainly paints a trippy picture of a high-tech near-future that veers into nightmare territory, as so many games in the Black Ops franchise tend to do, slipping between missions in the real-world and a psychedelic dream-world filled with demons and other nightmares.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Maria Shriver Calls Chris Pratt 'a Great Member of Our Family' for His 'Spiritual and Kind' Nature Amazon Prime Video's The Terminal List follows a Navy SEAL who returns home with conflicting memories after his platoon is ambushed on a covert mission.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
7 June 2025
Verb
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Questions rushed through my head: What are my clothes going to look like?—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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Medics rushed Ellis to Jamaica Hospital but he could not be saved.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
30 May 2025
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“Career.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/career. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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