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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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Recent Examples of hardworking
This month, Californians filled the streets of Los Angeles to peacefully demand justice for SEIU President David Huerta—who was violently detained by ICE during an immigration protest—and for so many hardworking immigrant families across our state.
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Kristen Waggoner, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Maybe Madigan can busy himself during his retirement teaching all of the hardworking, frugal, living-below-their-means folks his personal tricks to growing our income to be multimillionaires.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
Indiscriminately targeting hardworking immigrant families, regardless of their roots or risk.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 11 June 2025
Product Details: Material: Glass | Capacity: 10 ounces | Number of Glasses in Set: One, four, or eight
The Williams Sonoma Reserve optic coupe glasses are hardworking and versatile coupes designed for champagne, martinis, brandy, and more.
—Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025
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Kristen Waggoner, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Maybe Madigan can busy himself during his retirement teaching all of the hardworking, frugal, living-below-their-means folks his personal tricks to growing our income to be multimillionaires.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
Indiscriminately targeting hardworking immigrant families, regardless of their roots or risk.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 11 June 2025
Product Details: Material: Glass | Capacity: 10 ounces | Number of Glasses in Set: One, four, or eight
The Williams Sonoma Reserve optic coupe glasses are hardworking and versatile coupes designed for champagne, martinis, brandy, and more.
—Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardworking
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Ever since then, it’s been sitting on the shore, beached like a shipwreck, just feet from a busy highway.—
John Carlisle,
Freep.com,
23 July 2025
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Horton said summer is always the busiest, with the program planning several events each month to combat the rise in homicides and violent crimes as the weather warms.—
Keely Doll,
The Courier-Journal,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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Although resilience often looks like luck or good character, the ability to prevent or reduce losses from any type of risk entails careful planning and diligent efforts.—
Louis Gritzo,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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The group was not always diligent about following military directives.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
14 July 2025
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No! Indiscriminate mass deportation of our law abiding, industrious, dutiful neighbors only recently arrived?—
Timothy Cardinal Dolan,
New York Daily News,
2 July 2025
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Pachuca never mustered enough quality around the industrious Salomon Rondon to truly threaten Yassine Bounou, even as Al Hilal’s passivity flirted with danger.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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“Hardworking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardworking. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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