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Recent Examples of overachiever
This neoprene toiletry bag is like the overachiever of travel cases — organized, cleverly designed and surprisingly spacious.
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Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
Arjun Malaviya is an overachiever and a planner.
—Vanessa Romo, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
The overachiever is the Darwin Tree of Life Project, which is sequencing all species in Britain and Ireland, and has contributed about half of all of the genomes recorded by the EBP so far.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
Edelman is used to doing extra and being an overachiever.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
Arjun Malaviya is an overachiever and a planner.
—Vanessa Romo, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
The overachiever is the Darwin Tree of Life Project, which is sequencing all species in Britain and Ireland, and has contributed about half of all of the genomes recorded by the EBP so far.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
Edelman is used to doing extra and being an overachiever.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overachiever
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overachiever
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Backed by a raucous sellout crowd hungry for Orange County’s first playoff hockey since 2018, the Ducks overcame their season-long defensive shortcomings by outscoring the powerhouse Oilers even after Connor McDavid recorded his first points of the series.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Bailey was a blue-chip recruit at Mater Dei, the Southern California prep powerhouse.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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An early achiever academically, Noor finished high school at 16.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2026
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Among history’s Polish names of leaders and achievers, Madame Marie Curie, the Polish-French physicist and chemist, is a clear favorite from my classroom history days.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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The company introduced patent technologies, such as, the electric self-starter, mass production breakthroughs, and automatic transmissions – making modern transportation accessible.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Builders epitomize attributes like risk taking, a sense of agency and a self-starter attitude, says Ritterbush.—
Ashton Jackson,
CNBC,
20 Nov. 2025
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If this unfolds unchecked, a world ruled by superb machine doers could drain life of meaning, beginning with pride in our work.—
Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
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Even the most avid cleaner and ardent chore doer may not think to wash the drapes.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2026
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On April 13, go-getter Mars will join forces with numinous Neptune, triggering one of the most surreal yet energetically loaded transits of the moment.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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The go-getter approach of then-Mayor Francis Suarez also helped.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Isa was born in London in 1999, where her dad had joined the show for the last portion of its West End run, eventually taking over the role of the hustler-pimp the Engineer, a half-Asian character originally played by white men like Jonathan Pryce.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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The show was based on Guy Ritchie's 2000 heist film of the same name, with Westwick starring as hustler Sonny Castillo.—
Rachel DeSantis,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Overachiever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overachiever. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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