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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What began as a decentralized revolution started to resemble a high-risk gamble, with performance lagging far behind ambition.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025 -
Building a tech future China's ambitions don't stop at the vocational level.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Ambitiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambitiousness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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