aspiration
Example Sentences
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“Our aspiration is to win the championship. Our goal is to make the playoffs,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
That collapse has erased hundreds of billions in market value from European luxury conglomerates and American beauty giants that bet heavily on Chinese middle-class aspiration.
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
"I'm pretty comfortable with the aspiration to be in a unique special relationship as long as we remember it needs to be created," he says.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
The Department of Justice used to be a career aspiration, a place where lawyers of all backgrounds believed they could serve the public and the law.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026
He was a friendly, solicitous man, and after I had been there a short while, I told him that my real aspiration was to be a lawyer.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.