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ambitious

[am-bish-uhs] / æmˈbɪʃ əs /




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“Operation Metro Surge” was supposed to be Bovino’s most ambitious mission yet, a new kind of urban takeover by federal law enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal

Moscow’s struggles there, after spending billions of dollars to upgrade its military, were a sign to Chinese leaders that ambitious overhauls don’t necessarily yield a formidable fighting force.

From The Wall Street Journal

She added: "This situation further highlights why we need to see immediate, ambitious and urgent action if we are to have any hope of saving our internationally important seabirds."

From BBC

In the past, the most ambitious AI research happened inside academic institutions or corporate research arms like Google’s DeepMind.

From The Wall Street Journal

Defense attorneys argued that the brothers—successful, ambitious and social—could be crude and arrogant.

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