ambition
Example Sentences
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"Our ambition is to be able to connect to over 100 international cities over the next five years," Douglas said.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
What does it mean to lack ambition in a country that worships wealth?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
“The ambition of Gaudí was to write the Bible in stone,” said Gijs van Hensbergen, author of a biography of the Catalan architect.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
The film didn’t share the same ambition or expansive scope as its predecessors.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
His eager ambition along with his great success led him to think “thoughts too great for man,” the thing of all others the gods objected to.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Vocabulary lists containing ambition
Nothing But the Truth
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