ambitious
Example Sentences
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Fans who paid thousands of dollars for tickets will then cheer on the Mexican team as it faces South Africa at Azteca Stadium, opening an ambitious tournament co-hosted by three countries.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Timotheus Höttges is about to embark on the most ambitious test of his professional career: trying to push through the largest public-company merger in history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Most independent experts regard that timeline as ambitious.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin plans to return New Glenn to flight by the end of the year, an ambitious timeline.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
“In the shower. Along with the radio. To my rubber duckies. Not out loud, not in public, not for other people. Someday, if I get ambitious, I might try the tambourine.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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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