ambitious
Example Sentences
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Still, as the top Cabinet official in the presidential line of succession after the VP, secretaries of state are often ambitious pols who bring baggage all their own.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
This positions it to benefit from Zuckerberg’s ambitious vision for AI without the 12-figure capital bills.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
The grant also supported an ambitious effort to bring the wild descendants of McCloud salmon back to California from New Zealand.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
The new series will explore the aftermath of World War Two on the city as it follows the "older, wiser, more ambitious and more dangerous" Duke.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Gauguin is quite ambitious, and he has agreed to make Theo his sole art representative, sending him at least twenty paintings.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
