achiever
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By that measure, 59-year-old Rory Bremner is a high achiever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
Growing up in Philadelphia, Sissoko was outspoken, a high achiever, captain of the high school debate team.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2024
And here is where that thing about a high achiever having “spare time” comes into play.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2024
One manager is charismatic, tactically astute, a born leader and an over achiever.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2024
If we scratch below the surface of every great achiever, do we always find the equivalent of the Michigan Computer Center or the hockey all-star team—some sort of special opportunity for practice?
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
In her math classes, Chacon is developing a growing cadre of high achievers in a student population that comes almost entirely from high-poverty families.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
If a category is marked in green on the chart, the clinic would be judged to be among the company's top 25% of achievers in the UK.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026
Even though impostor feelings are common among high achievers, many people keep them to themselves.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026
But on Saturday, those two schools will compete for a chance to gain admission to an elite society of high achievers where no Ivy Leaguer has gone before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
So it appears that while it is easier for a few high achievers to scale the summits of wealth, for many others it has become harder to move up from one economic class to another.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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