aspirations

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But under military pressure, the Kurds this year agreed a deal to integrate their institutions into the state, in a blow to their long-held aspirations for autonomy.

From Barron's • Jul. 6, 2026

From Mount Rushmore to work by Melvin Edwards and Nancy Holt, sculpture has been an essential medium in capturing the nation’s history and aspirations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

Steve Clarke ended Scotland's long World Cup drought but aspirations of a first taste of the knockout rounds - heightened by the expanded format - now rest on a series of highly unlikely results elsewhere.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026

Qualcomm is still priced as a smartphone and wireless-technology company with budding aspirations in other segments.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026

What makes the strong programme strong is the conviction that the content of science, and not just the ways in which science is organized, or the values and aspirations of scientists, can be explained sociologically.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton