as in ambitious
having a strong desire for personal advancement
she's the most hard-driving malpractice lawyer I've ever seen
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Recent Examples of hard-driving
But Gil and the Kills were a combustible bunch, and life on the road with a hard-driving band, while exhilarating, was ultimately no place for a little girl.
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Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
As a player, the hard-driving Johnson was a slugging infielder who once hit 43 home runs in a season and was part of the first trio of teammates top 40, along with Hank Aaron and Darrell Evans of the 1973 Atlanta Braves.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Screeching tires and a roaring engine offer an apt opening for this hard-driving song from these longtime metal masters.
—Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
If your porch furniture is under cover, there's still a chance those cushions will get blown around or hit by hard-driving rain.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2025
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Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
As a player, the hard-driving Johnson was a slugging infielder who once hit 43 home runs in a season and was part of the first trio of teammates top 40, along with Hank Aaron and Darrell Evans of the 1973 Atlanta Braves.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Screeching tires and a roaring engine offer an apt opening for this hard-driving song from these longtime metal masters.
—Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
If your porch furniture is under cover, there's still a chance those cushions will get blown around or hit by hard-driving rain.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-driving
Adjective
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Federal officials decided to fund an ambitious megaproject to sequence all human genes.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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China’s ambitious plan to build the Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC), a multibillion-dollar project aimed at creating the world’s largest particle collider, is likely to be officially stalled after it was not included in the country’s next five-year plan.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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Meeting Marsha follows Lily (Arnold), an aspiring actress who has meticulously planned the perfect weekend to propose to her comedian girlfriend, Jordan (McGroder).—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
10 Nov. 2025
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Released in 1982, the dark satire stars Robert De Niro as a desperate aspiring comedian who kidnaps a talk-show host in a misguided attempt at fame.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Hard-driving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-driving. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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