aspiration
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In other words, the White House ballroom should be bigger—not in size, but in aspiration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
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
For Jackie, their friendship seemed like a version of a real-world happy ending, a realization of her aspiration to move on from Jim’s tragic death and provide a stable life for the girls.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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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