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busy bee

American  
[biz-ee bee] / ˈbɪz i ˈbi /

noun

  1. someone who is very active or industrious.

    She's a busy bee, what with her morning juice deliveries, school, and late night work at the bike shop.

    My toddler is a busy bee, emptying all the low cupboards and trying to climb up and jump off everything!


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Thorne has been quite the busy bee in quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic at her home in Los Angeles despite the global health crisis wreaking havoc on film productions and live performances.

From Fox News Feb. 19, 2021

“I’ve gone around, a busy bee of a reporter, from woman to woman,” he wrote.

From The Guardian May 10, 2016

How you have to be the busy bee.

From The New Yorker Jan. 26, 2015

I’m asking you to keep it on the down low because as far my bosses and co-workers are concerned, I’ve been a busy bee.

From New York Times Jul. 8, 2014

We enter the courtyard, and as Fiona pushes me along the sidewalk, I see the first signs that she’s been a busy bee.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

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