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ambition

[am-bish-uhn] / æmˈbɪʃ ən /




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While some funding has been secured and spent replacing stairways, little progress has yet been made on the wider ambition, despite its prime location beside the Scottish Event Campus.

From BBC

The eldest of three sons, his ambition, his mother said, was to see his younger brothers, Apu, 22, and Rithick, 16, "settled".

From BBC

The BBC has been told the prime minister's aides are now looking at proposals to meet that 3% ambition by the end of the current parliament, which could last until 2029.

From BBC

But despite plans for large-scale infrastructure and grand ambitions for innovation, experts say the country still has a long way to go before it can rival the United States and China.

From Barron's

It would be an understatement to suggest the conditions did not aid either team's ambitions of playing attractive football.

From BBC