ambitious
Example Sentences
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Ambitious city women start out thinking they’re going to grab the world by the tail, pull it down and put it in their pocket.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026
Ambitious man that he is, he clearly wants to add to our country’s real estate, be it through acquiring Panama, Iceland, Greenland, even Canada.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
Ambitious entrepreneurs, old and new, are advancing powerful artificial intelligence tools that could transform lives.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
"Ambitious plans such as these need to sit within the context of a sustainable funding solution which supports our social care sector and enables it to thrive."
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2025
Ambitious people, mannered people, neurotic people, high-society people—the kind of people who make life in the city so interesting—became unbearable to me.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing ambitious
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 4
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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