work ethic
nounDefinition of work ethic
: a belief in work as a moral good : a set of values centered on the importance of doing work and reflected especially in a desire or determination to work hard
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But the same silent work ethic that won us A’s in school won’t get us to the C-suite at work. — NBC News, "Get over it: Why you can't afford to be shy about self-promotion," 5 Sep. 2019 But as a young man, a junior, his work ethic, his accountability and his integrity are so above his years. — Daily Pilot, "High School Football Player of the Week: Newcomer Nick Burton ends Costa Mesa’s losing ways," 5 Sep. 2019 The Petrenko work ethic was already coming into focus at his next post, as music director of the Komische Oper Berlin. — Michael Cooper, New York Times, "The Berlin Philharmonic’s Anti-Anti-Maestro," 26 Aug. 2019 The work ethic of Nolan Arenado, Charlie Blackmon and Trevor Story colors the entire team. — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, "Saunders: Reeling Rockies aren’t finger-pointing but frustration runs deep," 24 Aug. 2019 Load the Clip’ is meant to carry a symbolism that speaks to the work ethic required to succeed on Saturdays. — Los Angeles Times, "Navy football is applauded for dropping ‘Load the Clip’ motto," 5 Aug. 2019 In his verse, RM uses the image of someone working at the farm to make money as a reference to his own work ethic. — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, "Omg, RM from BTS Just Hopped on a Remix of “Old Town Road” with Lil Nas X," 25 July 2019 Perhaps, but with a work ethic and creative drive that treats each song with equal amounts of professionalism and urgency, The Beths are clearly just getting started. — John Wenzel, The Know, "On-the-rise New Zealand indie rockers The Beths play first Denver date this week," 15 July 2019 That’s the same work ethic that helped Culver go from afterthought recruit to Big 12 Player of the Year at Texas Tech. — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, "Timberwolves trade up to No. 6 in NBA draft, select Jarrett Culver," 20 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'work ethic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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