ambition
Example Sentences
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“The purpose is to curb attempts at remilitarization and nuclear ambitions, and the measures are entirely legitimate, reasonable and lawful,” a spokesman for the ministry said.
Any such ambition raises the potential for quick actions to become quagmires.
From Los Angeles Times
The program marked the bank’s ambitions to become a Main Street lender, diversifying beyond its Wall Street core.
Her ambitions were practical—“not to suggest dogmatic prescriptions or pat solutions,” she wrote in the inaugural issue, but to provide facts and “moral support” so “women can make knowledgeable decisions.”
Nuclear energy appeals to tech giants because it releases minimal carbon emissions while providing round-the-clock power—particularly as they look to fuel their AI ambitions.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
