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
If your porch furniture is under cover, there's still a chance those cushions will get blown around or hit by hard-driving rain.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2025
The affable Carroll was the polar opposite of the stern hard-driving Parcells.
—Tribune Content Agency, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2025
But despite the successes, and Marvel’s growing corporatization and assured dominance in comics, Shooter’s hard-driving and micro-managerial style began to alienate talent and editors.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 1 July 2025
He’s built a reputation as a defensive specialist and someone with incredible attention to detail, and the hard-driving style has led to him wearing out his welcome at his coaching stops.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 3 June 2025
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2025
The affable Carroll was the polar opposite of the stern hard-driving Parcells.
—Tribune Content Agency, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2025
But despite the successes, and Marvel’s growing corporatization and assured dominance in comics, Shooter’s hard-driving and micro-managerial style began to alienate talent and editors.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 1 July 2025
He’s built a reputation as a defensive specialist and someone with incredible attention to detail, and the hard-driving style has led to him wearing out his welcome at his coaching stops.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-driving
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Alas, The Get Down — his pricey, highly ambitious series about the rise of hip-hop in New York’s South Bronx neighborhood — got the axe after just one gloriously glitzy season.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
3 Oct. 2025
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Also on October 31 is the screening and panel for the HBO Original comedy series I Love LA, created by director, EP and star Sennott that revolves around an ambitious friend group that navigates life and love in the City of Angels.—
The Deadline Team,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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The series’ creator, Anthony Zuiker, at the time an aspiring screenwriter moonlighting as a tram driver in his native Las Vegas, was at the Beverly Hills Hotel that night and watched the premiere alone in his room.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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And to make the audience believe that even a creepy aspiring sperm donor is a sweetie?—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Hard-driving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-driving. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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