overachiever

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Recent Examples of overachiever 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 Byington built something special at James Madison and Vandy was arguably the biggest overachiever in the SEC last season. Cj Moore, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 Edelman is used to doing extra and being an overachiever. Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Subscribe today The Nasdaq Composite was an overachiever last week. Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overachiever
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Noun
  • 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
  • Swishahouse went on to become a powerhouse label in hip-hop in the 2000s.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Failure to mention or recognize the disabilities of Black achievers contributes to erasure and works against inclusivity.
    Terri Huggins Hart, Parents, 28 Jan. 2026
  • In 2017, Garavani was also inducted into the American Academy of Achievement Hall of Fame, becoming the first European fashion designer to receive the honor, which recognizes visionaries and achievers across various fields.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 19 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Builders epitomize attributes like risk taking, a sense of agency and a self-starter attitude, says Ritterbush.
    Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 20 Nov. 2025
  • Creative people who are self-starters are going to be fine.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Fueled by journalism that informs and inspires, Forbes spotlights the doers and doings shaping industries, achieving success and making an impact on the world.
    Forbes Press Releases, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • People in these roles, including project coordinators and many middle managers above the direct supervisory layer, transmit information from the deciders to the doers or among the deciders.
    Shubham Singhal, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Brooks also gives Ella a dead mother (Rebecca Hall) and a troubled brother (Spike Fearn), rendering the character a perfect storm of familial trauma, which makes her go-getter attitude all the more impressive.
    Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Musical theater loves a go-getter, and halfhearted irony just can’t stand up to this much zazz.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Whether set in Jewish eastern Europe or New York’s Lower East Side, Shtok’s range is on full display, from gossipy melodramas and elegiac reveries to coming of age portraits of shtetl adolescents and immigrant hustlers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 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

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“Overachiever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overachiever. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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