: characterized by eager willingness to accept and meet challenges
a can-do attitude
can-do-ism noun

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Meredith Miller credits the eatery’s staff with their can-do attitudes. Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 28 June 2025 Arrive early, stay late and possess a can-do attitude. Vicki Salemi, Boston Herald, 8 June 2025 Often a key ingredient of a successful enterprise is having a founder or CEO with an infectious can-do spirit. Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025 Someone likely feels threatened by your can-do attitude. Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for can-do

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First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of can-do was in 1925

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“Can-do.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/can-do. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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