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
Teddy’s plan is to kidnap Michelle (Stone), the hard-driving CEO of Auxolith.
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Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
There are also psychological differences, with some research suggesting that hard-driving type A personalities don’t benefit as much from cheering.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
There is no record of how William’s wife greeted the news of the instant stepson with the polished manners, who impressed even his hard-driving grandfather.
—Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Thibodeau has been unfairly maligned for his hard-driving approach to the game.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
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Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
There are also psychological differences, with some research suggesting that hard-driving type A personalities don’t benefit as much from cheering.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
There is no record of how William’s wife greeted the news of the instant stepson with the polished manners, who impressed even his hard-driving grandfather.
—Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Thibodeau has been unfairly maligned for his hard-driving approach to the game.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-driving
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The plans, however, were complicated by the project’s ambitious scope.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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Chelsea are ninth, four points off a European place that was once an expectation and now looks an ambitious target.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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SeriesFest and Shondaland also partnered on the seventh cycle of the Women Directing Mentorship, a competition designed to discover aspiring female directors with a unique voice and provide a launchpad for their careers.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
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Noelle Lewis is living a few lives as an aspiring librarian by day and professional bridesmaid-for-hire by necessity.—
Erin La Rosa,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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“Hard-driving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-driving. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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