hard-charging

adjective

US
: very aggressive, determined, or ambitious : hard-driving
a hard-charging young executive

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The first journalist Leavitt called on asked her for the secret to juggling her hard-charging career with her newborn daughter and 2-year-old son. — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 Since the project’s 2023 launch, its hard-charging CEO Jeff Yan (check out Fortune’s profile of the Harvard grad and physics whiz here) has been content to use an offshore cowboy model to grow Hyperliquid. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026 But the union’s top brass has at times faced criticism for its hard-charging leadership style. — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026 Others say the appointments illustrate Missouri’s deep legal bench of young, hard-charging Republican attorneys who were elevated more for their credentials than their staunch support of the president. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hard-charging

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“Hard-charging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-charging. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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