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
Thibodeau has been unfairly maligned for his hard-driving approach to the game.
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Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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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Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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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You’re not really allowed to be ambitious.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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Stolz is halfway through his ambitious four-event program in Milan with two gold medals already.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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The Trial of Seven is about to commence — a clash of mud, blood, and iron before a roaring crowd to determine the fate of the aspiring knight that dared to defend a lowly stage performer from a rampaging Targaryen prince.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Feb. 2026
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Play Now Duvall, born in San Diego in 1931, spent much of the 1960s as other aspiring actors of his generation did, in small roles on television.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
16 Feb. 2026
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