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aspirants

NOUN

person with wish, dream

Synonyms

STRONGEST

applicant candidate contestant

STRONG

competitor hopeful postulant striver wannabe

Example Sentences

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This climbing season has been especially busy, with a record number of permits issued to Everest aspirants and delays in opening the route to the peak.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

This is a character test for all 2028 presidential aspirants.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

I care less that OpenAI bought up a chummy podcast than about the validating effect of that podcast’s success on other aspirants in tech media.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

What makes California so inhospitable to the upper-crust aspirants?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2025

Just as human politicians on election campaigns go around shaking hands and kissing babies, so aspirants to the top position in a chimpanzee group spend much time hugging, back-slapping and kissing baby chimps.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari