ambitious
Example Sentences
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“It all starts to add up to an assertive, ambitious, aggressive approach the government now has on behalf of scale,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Riyadh Air is owned by the $900 billion Public Investment Fund, the main vehicle for de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's ambitious Vision 2030 economic reforms.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Most independent experts regard that timeline as ambitious.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Smart, ambitious and dogged, she is not burdened by a dark past or traumatic pain or the generally dour outlook that plague so many of her peers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Now twenty-seven, he was too ambitious to remain forever a teacher or even the head of a school.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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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