as in powerhouses
an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired
hired a self-starter who instantly saw what needed to be done, and did it
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powerhouses
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The powerhouses carried 25% of their pre-game body weight for just under an hour and that is intense.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
9 Apr. 2025 -
This is the first leg of the quarter-final match in the UEFA Champions League between two of the biggest powerhouses in the sport.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Self-starters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-starters. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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