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career girl

British  

noun

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

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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

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

The closing shot of her in the dowdy hotel where she is presumably about to invent the Virginia Slims tagline seems like a perfect metaphor for her position as a career girl in 1967.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2012