ambition
Example Sentences
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Finally, he discussed the broader ambition of the endeavor: dissolving traditional circulation and prioritizing emotional experience over institutional order.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
The deal follows a strategic review of Aegon U.K. and supports the group’s ambition to focus on the U.S. to tap into the country’s booming life and retirement market.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Plenty can be achieved in five years, provided there is enough ambition.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
"After decades of limited and piecemeal investments in the North, Canada's new government is acting with a scale of ambition worthy of this vast region and its peoples," he said in March.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Tom White died in January 2011, but not before realizing his ambition to give away virtually every last dollar to philanthropy.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing ambition
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