as in busy
using a lot of time and energy to do work
a hardworking young woman who was rewarded with a promotion hardworking students
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Here are five creative and unexpected ways to incorporate this hardworking material throughout your own home.
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
The Galt Market isn’t just incredibly affordable, but gives patrons a chance to visit some of Sacramento-area’s local long-running businesses — and the hardworking people who run them.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
february 28, Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Where government answers to the people, not the powerful, and where the interests of hardworking American citizens are always our first and ultimate concern.
—Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
All of this and so much more is the enduring legacy, unmatched glory of the hardworking patriots who built and defended this country and who still carry the hopes and freedoms on all of humanity's backs.
—Time Staff, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
The Galt Market isn’t just incredibly affordable, but gives patrons a chance to visit some of Sacramento-area’s local long-running businesses — and the hardworking people who run them.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
february 28, Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Where government answers to the people, not the powerful, and where the interests of hardworking American citizens are always our first and ultimate concern.
—Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
All of this and so much more is the enduring legacy, unmatched glory of the hardworking patriots who built and defended this country and who still carry the hopes and freedoms on all of humanity's backs.
—Time Staff, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardworking
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One drone hit the world’s busiest airport, in Dubai, on Saturday, dashing hopes that flights could resume from the regional hub.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Dubai International Airport, the busiest airport in the world, was one of the targets.—
Robert Stewart,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Mar. 2026
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Davis played 686 snaps — a 298-snap increase from the previous season — and was diligent about his fitness and conditioning.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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The same goes for diligent skin care.—
Elizabeth Gulino,
Allure,
6 Mar. 2026
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Otto Rehhagel engineered four industrious victories against hosts Portugal (in both the group stage and the semis), France and the Czech Republic, with goals from corners winning them their semi-final and the final by 1-0 scorelines.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Today brings preliminary matches for women’s ice hockey, qualification runs for men’s big-air snowboarding, and, of course, more curling, which is the only sport industrious enough to have events every day through the Olympics.—
The Editors,
Vulture,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Hardworking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardworking. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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