aspiration

Example Sentences

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He shared what might be a more challenging aspiration.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Welsh Liberal Democrats' leader Jane Dodds said: "Higher education is a public good that benefits the whole economy, and the funding system should reflect that, supporting aspiration, not holding it back."

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

The goal isn’t to limit enjoyment, but to ensure that spending reflects actual use rather than aspiration.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 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

“These buildings, this hall, this dream of poets of centuries is the wild aspiration of crazy architects alone.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson