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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
The actor gained acclaim for his role as a fast-talking hustler in Barry Levinson’s coming-of-age comedy Diner.
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Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026
That brings the domestic total for the A24 drama about a ping pong hustler (Timothée Chalamet) to roughly $39 million.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 1 Jan. 2026
Perd interviewed just about everyone on the Parks core cast across his six-season run on the show, from Amy Poehler's type-A bureaucrat Leslie Knope to Aziz Ansari's slick hustler Tom Haverford.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
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.
—Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
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Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026
That brings the domestic total for the A24 drama about a ping pong hustler (Timothée Chalamet) to roughly $39 million.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 1 Jan. 2026
Perd interviewed just about everyone on the Parks core cast across his six-season run on the show, from Amy Poehler's type-A bureaucrat Leslie Knope to Aziz Ansari's slick hustler Tom Haverford.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
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.
—Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hustler
Noun
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Outside a tent, Dunk is told, by two of the show’s jaded yet cheerful prostitutes, that Ser Manfred is busy napping.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2026
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Andrei also reveals that Galyna (Sophia Shkliaruk), one of the Russian women whose murder the ladies were investigating, wasn’t a prostitute, but a KGB agent.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
16 Jan. 2026
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Chillhouse Chill Tips Oprah and I are both fans of nail powerhouse Chillhouse, thanks to its press-on nail kits that give you an instant manicure.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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Swishahouse went on to become a powerhouse label in hip-hop in the 2000s.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
31 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 2 Feb. 2026.
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