ambitious

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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

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

SpaceX is a trillion-dollar behemoth, and its initial public offering could be among the largest in history, raising tens of billions of dollars for its ambitious growth plans, including artificial-intelligence initiatives.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 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

He considered military men unprincipled loafers, ambitious plotters, experts in facing down civilians in order to prosper during times of disorder.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez