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Recent Examples of overambitious
Misfires in the transfer market, a widespread injury crisis and an overambitious tactical game plan saw everything unravel.
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Carl Anka, New York Times, 17 May 2026
Global carmakers have lost over $70 billion in write-offs after drastically scaling back overambitious EV production targets and consumer demand.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Meanwhile, the automaker's current lineup and product strategy feels both tired and overambitious.
—Aarian Marshall, Wired News, 22 Dec. 2025
And, in an overambitious initial public offering early this year, the company sought a market valuation approaching $110 billion—double that of Cheniere—while riding the pro-fossil fuel, Trump inauguration wave—only for its market cap to plunge to a low of $17 billion in early April.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2025
Carl Anka, New York Times, 17 May 2026
Global carmakers have lost over $70 billion in write-offs after drastically scaling back overambitious EV production targets and consumer demand.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Meanwhile, the automaker's current lineup and product strategy feels both tired and overambitious.
—Aarian Marshall, Wired News, 22 Dec. 2025
And, in an overambitious initial public offering early this year, the company sought a market valuation approaching $110 billion—double that of Cheniere—while riding the pro-fossil fuel, Trump inauguration wave—only for its market cap to plunge to a low of $17 billion in early April.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overambitious
Adjective
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Corporate venture programs were once dismissed as opportunistic financial diversifiers.—
Serguei Netessine,
Fortune,
28 May 2026
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What starts as securing supply can drift into opportunistic positioning.—
Anthony Milewski,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Service is polished but not pretentious.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Well-healed but not pretentious.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 May 2026
Adjective
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For Pawela, the PB Arts Center partnership will serve as a resource for young, ambitious artists and allow for creativity to take root.—
Madison Beveridge,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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The pollution limit — or cap — declines each year, reducing the total amount of emissions in the state and helping California reach its ambitious climate targets, including 100% carbon neutrality by 2045.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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That, in turn, catalyzed the most aggressive Fed rate-hiking cycle ever and a bear market.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
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Carolina’s penalty kill is extremely aggressive all over the ice.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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While the floor-to-ceiling windows in each room provide an industrious look at Atlanta’s train systems, juxtaposed with the bright lights of the bustling Howell Mill Road corridor.—
Mike Jordan,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
13 May 2026
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The pop of gloves and laughter of children rang through the field for a while — until a few industrious boys and girls got their manos on bolígrafos.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Others are quick to be pushy, even bullying.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
28 May 2026
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Our guidance to them was to be helpful to clients, suggestive as opposed to pushy and to allow consumers plenty of room to experiment/sample.—
Jenny B. Fine,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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There’s yet another reason to be diligent with your daily SPF.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
14 May 2026
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In the end, after a monthslong investigation and diligent forensic work, partial remains of 70 of the 110 victims were identified and returned to family members who, to this day, carry the pain of that day in 1996.—
Hank Tester,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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Japan is also increasing military spending as China grows more assertive in Asia’s waters, making claims to territory in the South China Sea and East China Sea.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
28 May 2026
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The texture is full-bodied and assertive.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Overambitious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overambitious. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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