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synonyms for ambitious
- aggressive
- determined
- earnest
- energetic
- enthusiastic
- resourceful
- anxious
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- aspiring
- avid
- ball of fire
- bent upon
- climbing
- come on
- come on strong
- designing
- desirous
- driving
- eager
- eager beaver
- enterprising
- fireball
- get up and go
- goal-oriented
- go-getter
- hard ball
- high-reaching
- hopeful
- hungry
- industrious
- inspired
- intent
- longing
- power-loving
- purposeful
- pushing
- pushy
- self-starting
- sharp
- soaring
- striving
- thirsty
- vaulting
- zealous
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Last week, IBM announced an ambitious road map for development of its quantum computers that may see machines capable enough for these kinds of solutions by the end of the decade.
Startup debuts software to help any company use ‘quantum algorithms’ | Jeremy Kahn | September 24, 2020 | FortuneWhen Karen Leibowitz and Anthony Myint opened The Perennial, the most ambitious and expensive restaurant of their careers, it was essentially on a self-dare.
This restaurant duo want a zero-carbon food system. Can it happen? | Bobbie Johnson | September 24, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThey have been fueled by people wanting to be a part of something ambitious, and even a little bit dangerous.
Climate action: Fear hasn’t motivated people, so let’s get them excited | matthewheimer | September 22, 2020 | Fortune
It molded me into the wife and mother who lives life on her terms, who is an equal partner in marriage, who gets to be ambitious and nurturing, strong and vulnerable, all at the same time.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing feels like millions of women have lost their bubbie | jakemeth | September 22, 2020 | FortuneWhat the pandemic hasn’t done is stop creative, ambitious business leaders from figuring out ways to fix what’s broken, heal the sick, and clean up the planet.
What it will take to beat COVID: Some clues from our 2020 Change the World list | cleaf2013 | September 21, 2020 | FortuneThis is a Hollywood director at the height of his powers creating original, wildly ambitious epics.
Oscars 2015: The Daily Beast’s Picks, From Scarlett Johansson to ‘Boyhood’ | Marlow Stern | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST“We broke off shortly after because we were more ambitious,” says Lean.
The Cult of Yung Lean: ‘I’m Building An Anarchistic Society From the Ground Up’ | Marlow Stern | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Facebook co-founder and his politically ambitious husband embodied all the attributes of a bona fide “gay power couple.”
The Rise and Fall of Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge, America’s Worst Gay Power Couple | James Kirchick | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs part of their ambitious film schedule, Marvel has cast British actor Benedict Cumberbatch to play the doctor in 2016.
The Flying Sorcery of Dr. Strange: Benedict Cumberbatch Is Marvel's Most Bizarre Magician | Rich Goldstein | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSailor Moon Crystal is a more ambitious retelling of multiple Sailor Moon story arcs.
‘Sailor Moon’ Is an Oasis for Superheroes Who Can Save the Universe in Heels | Rich Goldstein | November 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Chaplet”—a wreath or garland signed for by him in his ambitious hopes—expresses his birth-date by Con.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)Gascony has ever been the mother of ambitious men, and many a ruler has she supplied to France.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonAnd there may be other works whose abstracts are available to the ambitious student.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)Yes, on the whole, I was more fortunate than had my ambitious hopes been realised to the full.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowHe is not worshipped in any temple, having lost this prerogative on account of his ambitious desire to find out the Supreme Being.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida Pfeiffer
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