as in ambition
eager desire for personal advancement
for sheer ambitiousness, few professions can rival the modeling world
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ambition
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As humanity moves from brief space missions toward longer stays — driven by commercial ambitions for moon bases and eventual Martian settlements — scientists are beginning to confront how the conditions of space may affect human reproduction.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2026 -
None of these quite conveys his big ambitions except the Noguchi Museum itself.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Ambitiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambitiousness. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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