as in goals
something that one hopes or intends to accomplish
his ambition is to study international business, then get a job overseas
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Recent Examples of ambitions
Adams has previously stated ambitions to retire abroad, expressing interest in living in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Golan Heights, Syria, and other international destinations beyond New York City.
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Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
The broader context for their ambitions is a K-culture moment that shows no sign of slowing.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
Bakhrani, 34, worked in product management for nearly a decade while pursuing his culinary ambitions on the side.
—Sarah Jackson
mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
The tools and ambitions might be converging, but the structures and willingness are not.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 10 Apr. 2026
With global space agencies discussing ambitions to establish permanent human bases on the moon and possibly on Mars, researchers have to find a way to protect future space explorers from those potentially devastating effects of long-term space trips.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Boosting China’s bold space ambitions The team, from the Institute of Mechanics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, also highlighted their material’s potential for aerospace applications during a pivotal moment in spaceflight history.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
Even so, Vietnam is only the launchpad for bigger ambitions—Indonesia, Portugal or India could be next.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 2 Apr. 2026
Additionally, nearly half of women surveyed mentioned that perimenopause symptoms diminished their professional ambitions, and three out of four mentioned that symptoms negatively impacted their work life.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 2 Apr. 2026
Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
The broader context for their ambitions is a K-culture moment that shows no sign of slowing.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
Bakhrani, 34, worked in product management for nearly a decade while pursuing his culinary ambitions on the side.
—Sarah Jackson
mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
The tools and ambitions might be converging, but the structures and willingness are not.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 10 Apr. 2026
With global space agencies discussing ambitions to establish permanent human bases on the moon and possibly on Mars, researchers have to find a way to protect future space explorers from those potentially devastating effects of long-term space trips.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Boosting China’s bold space ambitions The team, from the Institute of Mechanics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, also highlighted their material’s potential for aerospace applications during a pivotal moment in spaceflight history.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
Even so, Vietnam is only the launchpad for bigger ambitions—Indonesia, Portugal or India could be next.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 2 Apr. 2026
Additionally, nearly half of women surveyed mentioned that perimenopause symptoms diminished their professional ambitions, and three out of four mentioned that symptoms negatively impacted their work life.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambitions
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Wallstedt allowed only 12 goals over his last six starts.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Kuruc earned all-state honors last season as a sophomore, scoring 24 goals and setting a program record with 26 assists.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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The 18-year-old, who announced his plans to go to UNC Chapel Hill in November 2024 on a scholarship, has a story unlike any other wrestler who has stood alongside him on any podium.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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The chipmaker had earlier announced plans to raise its capital expenditure budget to $52 billion-$56 billion for this year from about $40 billion in 2025.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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This material is for illustration and discussion purposes and not intended to be, nor construed as, financial, legal, tax or investment advice.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2026
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The agreement says that the flag cannot be removed, except for normal maintenance purposes.—
Jesse Zanger,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Orbán tried to paint the opposition as a puppet of Brussels, and an accomplice to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s war aims.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
12 Apr. 2026
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Indigenous leaders sought to apply pressure on Lula, who has supported Indigenous rights and environmental stewardship in Latin America’s largest nation while also pushing projects that appear to go against those aims.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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In March, shortly after the Da Nang landing, an Assistant Secretary of Defense, John McNaughton, wrote a memo assigning relative weights to American objectives in Vietnam.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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So the president is doing what’s necessary to accomplish the main objectives here.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
12 Apr. 2026
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Alas, Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco, D-Downey, believes a state law can sidestep Proposition 59’s clear intentions.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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While institutions may provide a clear explanation of their riba-free financial model, some individuals remain skeptical of their intentions.—
Zoe Ligairi,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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Barnes and Imam had been trading ideas with a scholar named Andrew Willard Jones, whose work focussed on the model of Christendom found in, say, High Middle Ages France, where society was organized around its relationship with the Church.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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The script throws a lot of ideas out there and, refreshingly, none of them is to be taken as dogma, especially not Julian’s comment about who has the right to judge art.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Boston Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
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Here’s a story from the 2022 that explains her late development and how dreams come true the hard way.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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Harriette Cole is a lifestylist and founder of DREAMLEAPERS, an initiative to help people access and activate their dreams.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Ambitions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambitions. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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