aspiration
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It’s a chronicle of race history in the late 19th and 20th centuries, with all the unpleasantness, and yet it is an act of poetic aspiration, resignation and bravura aesthetics.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
“I was raised by two moms, and I had this strange aspiration to become the dad,” Malone said, laughing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Indeed, maxxing transforms a generic resolution or aspiration into measurable actions, Olschewski says.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
The document recognises Yerevan's aspiration to join the bloc, as well as deepens cooperation between the two sides in economic and security matters.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
There was a constant tension between the aspiration to be first and the fear of not being believed, of being regarded as an eccentric and a fool.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing aspiration
This Week in Pop Culture : January 5 - 11, 2019
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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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