as in extravert
a gregarious and unreserved person
an irrepressible glad-hander, she's a natural for the company's public relations department
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extrovert
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On the long list of commonplace myths surrounding enterprise networking, the general public sometimes perceives that the work only fits extroverts developing purely transactional bonds.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025 -
At a glance, the Santa Fe Hybrid is the extrovert of the bunch.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Glad-hander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glad-hander. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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