1
as in ambition
eager desire for personal advancement
a combination of aspiration and hard work made her the top tennis player in the state
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as in goal
something that one hopes or intends to accomplish
college is his immediate aspiration after he graduates from high school
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Recent Examples of aspiration
Additionally, Lecornu demands all factions within the National Assembly to put aside their political aspirations for the offices of prime minister and president until the budget is comprehensively addressed.
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
Illinois bounced back from a blowout loss to Indiana with that comeback win over USC, but the Illini likely need a stunning upset to keep their Big Ten and Playoff aspirations within reach.
—Justin Williams, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Sanders said Tuesday's operation, which is known as an aspiration thrombectomy, is expected to take several hours.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Nuvangyaoma also has aspirations to build out a large-scale solar project — 400 megawatts — with battery storage that could turn the Hopi into a major player as an energy service provider for northeast Arizona.
—Nate Perez, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
Illinois bounced back from a blowout loss to Indiana with that comeback win over USC, but the Illini likely need a stunning upset to keep their Big Ten and Playoff aspirations within reach.
—Justin Williams, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Sanders said Tuesday's operation, which is known as an aspiration thrombectomy, is expected to take several hours.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Nuvangyaoma also has aspirations to build out a large-scale solar project — 400 megawatts — with battery storage that could turn the Hopi into a major player as an energy service provider for northeast Arizona.
—Nate Perez, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aspiration
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But while the two share this creation-for-creation’s-sake approach, their respective careers are also defined by lofty ambitions that bridge the worlds of music, visual art and science and beyond.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
14 Oct. 2025
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For Walmart, the deal will help advance its AI ambitions, which have lagged behind Amazon.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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The firm’s ultimate goal is to license the technology as well as making it.—
Andrew Saunders,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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Skinner leads the team with two goals, while Celebrini, Smith, and Dmitry Orlov have three assists each.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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And a lot of the pseudepigrapha, like the fake gospels and fake apocalypses, fill in gaps in the record that can serve latter-day, post-biblical purposes.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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This particular challenge serves many purposes.—
Joe Boylan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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His aim was to make the earth a better place in which to live by creating something beautiful.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Oct. 2025
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The aim is to filter even more content than the PG-13 rating.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
14 Oct. 2025
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The Alphabet-subsidiary is now operating commercially in five American cities, with plans to launch in several more.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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That plan was to eventually lead to a marquee match between two former Shield brothers.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Islamabad is now more likely to consider Delhi’s growing friendliness with the Taliban to harm Pakistan’s interests a real possibility, regardless of Delhi’s actual intentions.—
Happymon Jacob,
Time,
16 Oct. 2025
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The following morning, Speak discovered his friend after arriving at his house to pick him up, the intention being to take him to Manchester Airport for a flight to Dubai.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Tagovailoa said the conversations with his teammates revolved around what his intent was with the comments.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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In a world intent on dividing us into factions, political discourse threatens to disrupt workplace culture at a time when companies must unite around change and growth strategies in the AI era.—
Jason Del Rey,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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Based on an idea by Bernabei, the series is written by Elena Bucaccio, Matthew Parkhill and Francesco Arlanch.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
12 Oct. 2025
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Construction robots are no longer a far-off idea.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Aspiration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aspiration. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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