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career girl

British  

noun

  1. a woman whose main priority in life is achieving success in her career or profession

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 • Aug. 31, 2024

After her manuscript failed to find a publisher, my mother picked up the pieces, donned her Manhattan career girl suits, and went back to a job editing academic journals.

From Slate • May 6, 2021

She’s “a career girl and a survivalist,” on the road so much she can’t even get a dog.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2019

Mary Tyler Moore After playing a kooky wife to Dick Van Dyke in his show, in 1970 Moore bloomed into American TV’s favourite single career girl.

From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2017

"And then a little bit later you have a woman on a commuter train, a sort of career girl."

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2015

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