ambitious
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It’s so intentionally inclusive and ambitious that it turns right back around to feel limiting, pigeonholing Maddie into a place where she feels in constant competition with her colleagues and herself.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Ellison, in his bid for Warner Bros., has promised regulators that a combined Warner-Paramount studio would release 30 films a year — an amount that some experts believe is overly ambitious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The SpaceX earnings call with Elon Musk on Tuesday night was entertaining as always and featured some ambitious plans for rockets and robots, starships and satellites.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Meanwhile, growing competitive pressure in other regions weighs on the group’s earnings trajectory toward what the bank described as very ambitious 2028 business plan targets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
He repeated, “No. What made you think of ambition? Who is ambitious? I know I am: but how did you find it out?”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing ambitious
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 4
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