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as in aspiring
having a strong desire for personal advancement
an ambitious child actor and his even more ambitious mother, who will do anything to get him in commercials
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as in aggressive
having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal
cleaning up the vacant lot in one weekend was an ambitious undertaking
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Recent Examples of ambitious
Hacegaba reiterated the Port of Long Beach’s new ambitious long-term goal revealed last month, in which the gateway plans to double its container throughput to 20 million TEUs by 2050.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 Feb. 2026
As Industry’s storytelling becomes more ambitious—it was just renewed for a fifth (and final) season—the show’s architecture and interiors have become even more seductive.
—Diana Budds, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2026
The question before voters is not who can deliver the most ambitious promises — but who has already delivered results.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Popov’s directorial debut – see Deadline review — follows Baryshnikov as Margarita, an ambitious fashion designer living in a chaotic West Hollywood apartment with her Russian-Jewish family who and enters a reality TV competition show called Slay, Serve, Survive in a desperate cash grab.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2026
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 Feb. 2026
As Industry’s storytelling becomes more ambitious—it was just renewed for a fifth (and final) season—the show’s architecture and interiors have become even more seductive.
—Diana Budds, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2026
The question before voters is not who can deliver the most ambitious promises — but who has already delivered results.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Popov’s directorial debut – see Deadline review — follows Baryshnikov as Margarita, an ambitious fashion designer living in a chaotic West Hollywood apartment with her Russian-Jewish family who and enters a reality TV competition show called Slay, Serve, Survive in a desperate cash grab.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambitious
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The series is a look at the 2000s reality TV phenomenon about aspiring models living and competing together, highlighting its many controversial moments.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
24 Feb. 2026
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During one of the shootings, Sheriff Shittu, a 30-year-old aspiring fashion designer, was fatally shot in the head following a tussle with a drunk patron who had groped his girlfriend earlier in the night.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
21 Feb. 2026
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The recent turmoil is testing some of the foundations that powered private credit’s rapid growth, including aggressive underwriting, highly leveraged middle-market borrowers and the promise of stable capital insulated from bank-style runs.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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Belt-Stubblefield did not take aggressive action and tried to walk away.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2026
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Think of it as the petit four's younger sister, a one-bite round cake, less sweet and far more adventurous in flavor.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2026
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People are attracted to your adventurous spirit.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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Yet within these modest walls burns a fierce desire to learn.—
Joyeeta Banerjee,
NPR,
1 Mar. 2026
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Trump’s statement listed grievances beyond the nuclear program, stretching back to the beginning of the Islamic Republic following a revolution in 1979 that turned Iran from an American ally in the Middle East into a fierce foe.—
Jon Gambrell,
Fortune,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Ambitious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambitious. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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