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ambition

Definition for ambition

noun as in something desired

Strong matches

end, enterprise, intent, mark, target

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Example Sentences

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Christian Horner formally leaves Red Bull a very rich man with unsated ambitions in Formula 1.

From BBC

It was a return to a plan first proposed by President George W. Bush in 2004, then abandoned by President Obama in 2010, asserting the moon as a vital part of American ambitions in space.

Still, his decision about seeking a second term shouldn’t “have been left to an individual’s ego, an individual’s ambition,” she concludes in an observation that grabbed headlines upon its publication in the Atlantic excerpt.

One MP tells me: ''The conventional wisdom would be where we were second to the Tories, the natural ambition would be to take on all of those seats.

From BBC

On Friday, she returned to the stadium where she suffered Olympic heartbreak four years ago, when her medal ambitions were ruined by a calf injury sustained during the 200m.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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