as in ambitious
having a strong desire for personal advancement
she's the most hard-driving malpractice lawyer I've ever seen
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Recent Examples of hard-driving
Teddy’s plan is to kidnap Michelle (Stone), the hard-driving CEO of Auxolith.
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Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
There are also psychological differences, with some research suggesting that hard-driving type A personalities don’t benefit as much from cheering.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
There is no record of how William’s wife greeted the news of the instant stepson with the polished manners, who impressed even his hard-driving grandfather.
—Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Thibodeau has been unfairly maligned for his hard-driving approach to the game.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
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Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
There are also psychological differences, with some research suggesting that hard-driving type A personalities don’t benefit as much from cheering.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
There is no record of how William’s wife greeted the news of the instant stepson with the polished manners, who impressed even his hard-driving grandfather.
—Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Thibodeau has been unfairly maligned for his hard-driving approach to the game.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-driving
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Chess can seem abstruse and forbidding to the uninitiated, but Himelfarb’s account of it is as readable and comprehensible as any more familiar sports story—or, for that matter, any narrative in which a bunch of ambitious people pursue a single goal.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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Completely round and full, the full moon will be in the ambitious, mysterious sign of Scorpio.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
25 Apr. 2026
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In the original, which opened in 2006 and grossed $326 million worldwide, Hathaway’s Andy is an aspiring journalist who becomes the personal assistant to Streep’s Miranda.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
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To each of these aspiring writers, Meredith sent a brochure advertising his services.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Hard-driving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-driving. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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