ambition
Example Sentences
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“Our ambition is to bring this technology to the entire world. That’s not possible with injectables, full stop.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
A nation worth defending isn’t merely one strong enough to field an army, but one prosperous enough to reward work, invention and ambition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Everyone hates the Girl Boss, but female founders really were underresourced, and female ambition really was treated with disdain and distrust.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
And that’s where films like “They Will Kill You” and “Ready or Not 2” become mired by the ambition necessitated by the modern moviegoer.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
Richard was amused by the formal precision in the way Ugwu said expect; he admired Ugwu’s ambition and his recent scribbling on any paper he could find.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.