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lofty

[lawf-tee, lof-] / ˈlɔf ti, ˈlɒf- /




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The company has lofty ambitions to create personal and business agents for its 3.5 billion daily active users and is building AI models to achieve the goals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

But it’s a lot easier for Rocket Lab to grow into its lofty expectations from a smaller base than it would be for SpaceX to grow fast enough to justify its valuation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The AI capex trade has momentum on its side, but it hasn’t yet done enough to justify today’s lofty expectations.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The AI capex trade has momentum on its side, but it hasn’t yet done enough to justify today’s lofty expectations, according to Perkins.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

As a young man, I was unlike McCandless in many important regards; most notably, I possessed neither his intellect nor his lofty ideals.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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