aspiring to
Example Sentences
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Bill Ackman, aspiring to replace him as the world’s leading investment guru, thinks the time has come to act on that advice.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
Chalamet gets dinged for aspiring to greatness, and Penn’s about to win his third Oscar simply for being great — and not talking about it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
Chadwick said his team isn’t aspiring to raise much more money for its activist strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
After decades of aspiring to remake the world along western liberal lines, the U.S. is coming to terms with limits on U.S. power, said John Lewis Gaddis, a professor of military history at Yale University.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
Fronted by a lush lawn and palm trees, the Union Passenger Terminal had opened in 1954, an art deco-style building once aspiring to grandness but since overtaken by a certain grey municipal malaise.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
