ambitious
Example Sentences
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Its activations have also felt more ambitious, creating a stronger sense that the tournament is here.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026
To Tom Wolfe, New York City was the “billion-footed beast,” the locus of the country’s power, wealth and taste-making, and the ultimate quarry of any ambitious writer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
Not only does this encourage inward investment to the U.S., but it creates competition for that capital between hyperscalers, with their ambitious capex proposals, and the Treasury Department with its hefty borrowing requirements.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 19, 2026
Among the most ambitious and challenging ideas riding this wave of enthusiasm is something that sounds almost like science fiction: orbital data centers.
From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2026
Thompson was dashing and ambitious, "handsome in feature and figure," occasionally courageous and exceedingly bright, but untroubled by anything so inconveniencing as a scruple.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing ambitious
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 4
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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