aspire
Example Sentences
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If you aspire to live like a wealthy person, give yourself a midyear financial checkup this summer.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
Among those who aspire to buy a swell little electric pickup?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026
In the news business, there’s the world that most of us journalists aspire to live in—the one that has our audience eagerly clamoring for more of our serious accountability reporting.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
"People do not aspire to be beneficiaries," says Tillin.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
The last example shows that verbs can be drained of life when they are turned into adjectives, too, as when contribute becomes contributive to or aspire becomes on the aspirational level.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing aspire
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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Grade 9, List 3
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Starting Your New Life: Inspiring Words from Commencement Speeches
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