career girl
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Or maybe he was a playboy, and she was a self-respecting career girl.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
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
"And then a little bit later you have a woman on a commuter train, a sort of career girl."
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2015
At last, the big screen gave us Baby Mama, in which a fertility-challenged career girl opts for surrogacy.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2010
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