career girl
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The phrase marked a very bright and shiny time in my early 30s when I was a career girl on the move, living single downtown and dating.
From Salon
She’s “a career girl and a survivalist,” on the road so much she can’t even get a dog.
From Washington Post
This pejorative term needs to go the way of “career girl.”
From Washington Post
Her worst fear is to be labeled a “career girl.”
From Washington Post
The introductory caption read: “Is the put-upon housewife and mother becoming passé as a TV heroine? In these four shows, among those launching the new season on CBS, she’s been replaced by the career girl.”
From New York Times
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