ambition
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The tension between climate ambition and fossil-fuel dependency is at the heart of the meeting, which began Friday in the Caribbean city of Santa Marta.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
It is, in many ways, a generous and thoughtful ambition.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026
The project fits into Musk's long-term ambition to build colonies on the Moon and Mars and is "a first step towards becoming a Kardashev II-level civilization," he wrote.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
In January, the Health and Social Care Committee said the government would fail in its ambition to give every child the best start in life, unless it took urgent action to rebuild the workforce.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Mendel’s garden plot may have been small—but he did not confuse its size with that of his scientific ambition.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing ambition
Nothing But the Truth
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