aspiration
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They also said financial security was their top aspiration.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Beer cans, bottles and other trash have blown from their property into his yard, he claimed, posing an aspiration risk because ostriches are attracted to shiny objects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
That remains an aspiration from Invictus organisers rather than any definitive plan.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
“A combination of touching aspiration and predictable demagogy implicit in an attitude of eternal intention.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Even that modest aspiration was to be arrived at “voluntarily.”
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
The type of play by the Chargers on Sunday was completely unacceptable, lackluster and disappointing for a team with Super Bowl aspirations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Hargitay has been tight-lipped about what producers have in store for the night, though she did reveal her aspirations for doing something in the vein of an “SVU musical” during the ceremony.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
My wide-eyed aspirations need to be lowered significantly.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
King Power changed the aspirations, the expectations and the definition of success at Leicester City.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Henceforth, more and more economies would be governed from the ground up, by the interests, demands, and aspirations of the people, rather than from the top down, by the interests of some narrow ruling clique.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
Vocabulary lists containing aspiration
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Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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