aspiring
adjective
aspir·ing
ə-ˈspī-riŋ 
: desiring and working to achieve a particular goal : having aspirations to attain a specified profession, position, etc.
an aspiring actor [=a person who aspires to be and is trying to become an actor]
an aspiring novelist
Examples of aspiring in a Sentence
an aspiring young pianist eager to win the prestigious competition
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This realistic doctor’s coat has everything your aspiring doctor needs to give their patients a check-up, including a face mask, a stethoscope with sound effects (AAA batteries not included), thermometer, syringe, reflex hammer, and reusable name tag.
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Katrina Cossey, Parents, 1 Oct. 2025
Was Nothing, going behind the scenes of the making of Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah, and Sepideh Farsi’s work Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk, created from video-calls between the French Iranian director and Fatma Hassona, a 24-year-old aspiring photojournalist living in Gaza.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
The next morning, Burnett called her only acquaintance in the city, an aspiring actress who had been a few years ahead of her in college.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Just as Ted Lasso began life as a promo for NBC’s English Premier League coverage, Chad Powers crawled out of a gag on Eli’s Places, Eli Manning’s post-retirement ESPN+ program, in which the former Giants quarterback hides under prosthetics to pose as an aspiring Penn State walk-on.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
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Katrina Cossey, Parents, 1 Oct. 2025
Was Nothing, going behind the scenes of the making of Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah, and Sepideh Farsi’s work Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk, created from video-calls between the French Iranian director and Fatma Hassona, a 24-year-old aspiring photojournalist living in Gaza.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
The next morning, Burnett called her only acquaintance in the city, an aspiring actress who had been a few years ahead of her in college.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Just as Ted Lasso began life as a promo for NBC’s English Premier League coverage, Chad Powers crawled out of a gag on Eli’s Places, Eli Manning’s post-retirement ESPN+ program, in which the former Giants quarterback hides under prosthetics to pose as an aspiring Penn State walk-on.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Aspiring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aspiring. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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