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aspire

[uh-spahyuhr] / əˈspaɪər /


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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

Labour and the Liberal Democrats aspire to reductions when economic conditions allow.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Lawyers who aspire to become judge often run for open seats.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Shouldn’t we aspire to build a structure worth seeing?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

He wanted to train me to an elevation I could never reach; it racked me hourly to aspire to the standard he uplifted.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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