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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
Layoff anxiety is driving side hustles, and some side hustlers are burning out trying to get a business off the ground or taking on too many side hustles.
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Noah Segan) John Turturro stars as an aging New York hustler who struggles to adapt to an increasingly digital world in Noah Segan’s character study, which hails from executive producer Rian Johnson.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026
Turturro is exactly the right actor to play an aging hustler in a cast rounded out by Steve Buscemi and Giancarlo Esposito.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Neither would have agreed to portray a skinny ping pong hustler with a surly disposition and bad complexion.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Noah Segan) John Turturro stars as an aging New York hustler who struggles to adapt to an increasingly digital world in Noah Segan’s character study, which hails from executive producer Rian Johnson.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026
Turturro is exactly the right actor to play an aging hustler in a cast rounded out by Steve Buscemi and Giancarlo Esposito.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Neither would have agreed to portray a skinny ping pong hustler with a surly disposition and bad complexion.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hustler
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The actor plays an American mortician caught in the middle of the conflict, trying to help a group of young women (including some prostitutes) escape the Japanese onslaught.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
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Legalized prostitution enables and legitimizes the degradation of human beings, especially women who make up the majority of prostitutes.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2026
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For Yurtseven, his Heat breakout in 2021-22 turned into little of note, only a minimal-scale contract with the Utah Jazz in 2023 free agency and such limited success in his return to Europe that he was waived recently by Greek powerhouse Panathinaikos in favor of Richaun Holmes and Mathias Lessort.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
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Levi is a big, strong powerhouse of a boy.—
Maryanne Dell,
Oc Register,
7 Mar. 2026
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Hayley — who turns out to be a hooker who does secretarial admin on the side and not an executive assistant who occasionally threesomes — is extorting him for $750,000.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 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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“Hustler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hustler. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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