How to Use aim high in a Sentence
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While these threats may aim high, their reach extends everywhere.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
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Some students aim high, some have no interest and the rest are somewhere in between.
—Jonathan Lee, Washington Post, 14 July 2022
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Dream big, aim high, and work for it—Goldmark is proof that anything is possible.
—Karin Eldor, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2025
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So why not aim high and go for a new defensive leader in Sutalo?
—The Athletic, New York Times, 27 June 2026
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Bowman should aim high, and sign top-end amateurs to full NHL deals.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
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Jupiter well aspected in Aries on the 9th makes this the time to say yes to new situations and aim high.
—Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 July 2022
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Since Cash’s birth, his parents have encouraged him to aim high, according to the outlet.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
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You’re taught to aim high and push hard, but in pursuit of more traditional, respectable and safe career goals such as doctor or lawyer.
—Todd Longwell, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025
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Be specific, choose three to five objectives, aim high and encourage teamwork.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 May 2023
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The president’s historical memory is prodding him to aim high and move fast.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2021
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Multiple studies show that those who aim high in negotiations end up achieving better results.
—Lynne Curry | Alaska Workplace, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Jan. 2023
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However, there is some data that dispels the myth that African immigrant children cannot – or do not want to – aim high in their education.
—Mavis Gyesi, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2024
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Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin was on hand to affirm the president’s analogy and urge him to aim high.
—Elliot Kaufman, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2022
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Tech companies routinely broadcast lofty views of their potential, but Nvidia has particularly good reasons to aim high.
—Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2022
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Three months before the Wave played their first game at one-month-old Snapdragon Stadium in September, the team president urged the staff to aim high.
—Michael Silverman, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
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Simmons also encouraged women to aim high and to rise above insecurities about their personal qualifications.
—Halley Bondy, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2021
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As consumers depend on fintech apps for advice to improve their financial wellness, effective campaigns are less about informing users and more about inspiring them to aim high, think positive and set stretch goals.
—Peggy Anne Salz, Forbes, 7 July 2021
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Adam Hollier, whose congressional campaign was derailed by fraudulent petitions, may aim high for his next race, though some supporters are still upset with him for blowing his chance to take out Thanedar.
—M.l. Elrick, Detroit Free Press, 21 July 2024
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Even those fans who opt for a more modest fascinator—typically finely feathered—occasionally aim high with their frivolous Derby Day fashion.
—Michael Solomon, Forbes, 7 May 2022
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When first-generation students do aim high, still other research shows that employers prefer candidates from elite universities who are more likely to be from higher income levels and social classes and families in which other people have degrees.
—Jon Marcus, Wired, 24 Sep. 2021
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