team player
noun
: someone who cares more about helping a group or team to succeed than about his or her individual success
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Like Wolff, Grace is a team player, the center of a big ensemble cast.
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Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
This method shifts the conversation from critique to collaboration, positioning you as a team player focused on collective success.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
The idea was to direct attention to products rather than branding or the designer, an approach that Blazy, known to be a team player, adopted.
—Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
Surprisingly, Gizelle is acting like the biggest team player out of the bunch.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
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Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
This method shifts the conversation from critique to collaboration, positioning you as a team player focused on collective success.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
The idea was to direct attention to products rather than branding or the designer, an approach that Blazy, known to be a team player, adopted.
—Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
Surprisingly, Gizelle is acting like the biggest team player out of the bunch.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Team player.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/team%20player. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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