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as in prostitute
a woman who engages in sexual activities for money
policemen kept the street clean of hustlers
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as in powerhouse
an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired
the ad for the sales job claims that for someone who's a real hustler, the sky's the limit
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Recent Examples of hustler
Starring Timothée Chalamet in the titular role, Marty Supreme follows Marty Mauser, a working-class hustler in 1950s New York who navigates the underground table tennis scene to make money.
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Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
All three films exist within an insiders’ New York, inhabited by the hustler mentality of their main characters.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 22 Dec. 2025
Marty’s chutzpah is justified by history; the character is loosely based on the table-tennis hustler and champion Marty Reisman, who died in 2012, at the age of eighty-two.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
Just look at Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, which re-created a 1950s Lower East Side that pulses with the irrepressible self-belief of hustlers, schemers, and strivers.
—The Editors, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
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Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
All three films exist within an insiders’ New York, inhabited by the hustler mentality of their main characters.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 22 Dec. 2025
Marty’s chutzpah is justified by history; the character is loosely based on the table-tennis hustler and champion Marty Reisman, who died in 2012, at the age of eighty-two.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
Just look at Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, which re-created a 1950s Lower East Side that pulses with the irrepressible self-belief of hustlers, schemers, and strivers.
—The Editors, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hustler
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Rapp’s 2006 play about two onetime college friends residing in Amsterdam and the French prostitute one gifts to the other was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for drama.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Anderson allegedly acted as a prostitute and administrator who provided support and obtained drugs that Colbert used on her victims, according to the district attorney’s office.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
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Since then, Qatar has come to play the most prominent role in mediating between warring countries and factions within countries, willing itself into a mediation powerhouse spanning the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.—
Galip Dalay,
Time,
6 Jan. 2026
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Wallace's Indianapolis show will honor powerhouses Billie Holiday, Amy Winehouse, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald and Whitney Houston.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
6 Jan. 2026
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Well, yes, there were also hookers and tequila girls and whatever else was going on in those offices.—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Nov. 2025
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Making the cut, however, is not enough for good ratings, and so the Network creates a fake new clickbait backstory for Richards, painting him as a deadbeat dad with a hooker for a wife.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Hustler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hustler. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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