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Examples of aspirant in a Sentence
a bevy of ever-smiling aspirants for the Miss America title
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The National Front had approached the presidential elections in a confident mood, with polls showing Le Pen No. 2 in a crowded field of aspirants.
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Two of those permits are slated for Southeastern Pennsylvania, the state’s most populous and potentially most lucrative region, where 51 aspirants are vying to set up growing operations inside warehouses that will be sealed tighter than prisons.
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Looming over the race is Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, 63, a fiery left-wing populist and twice-unsuccessful presidential aspirant who is gearing up for a third run next year.
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With Kennedy, politics aside, everything was intimate, aspirant, literally seen from below.
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If Congress ever had the juice to pass a bill codifying the disclosure of some minimum of financial information by White House aspirants, this would the time.
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The government will also encourage new players in the banking sector by loosening restrictions around capital requirements for aspirants.
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So in addition to consuming potluck meals and helping Iowans raise money and staff campaigns, presidential aspirants will also be expected to loudly identify with the holy cause of the caucuses just in case someone challenges it for real.
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On Thursday, potential presidential aspirant Mark Zuckerberg took to his $400 billion social-media platform for the same reason all your old college friends eventually log into their Facebook accounts: to announce a baby on the way.
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First Known Use of aspirant
1738
aspirant
Definition of aspirant
: seeking to attain a desired position or status the pilot was an aspirant astronaut
First Known Use of aspirant
1800
ASPIRANT Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of aspirant for English Language Learners
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: a person who tries to become something : a person who aspires to do or to be something
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