ambition
Example Sentences
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"They will now be about the notion that these boys had the courage, the ambition - they took the risks to go."
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Musk describes that ambition as essential to the long-term survival of the human race, though most experts see it as being at least decades away.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
How did your conversations with people in tech help you understand where the ambition and attempts to bring about useful advances gives way to that?
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
“Talking about ambition and work ethic are great indicators,” Boneparth said.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
“Because he’s got no ambition? No ‘end goal’?”
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
Vocabulary lists containing ambition
Nothing But the Truth
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