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aspirants

NOUN

person with wish, dream

Synonyms

STRONGEST

applicant candidate contestant

STRONG

competitor hopeful postulant striver wannabe

Example Sentences

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I care less that OpenAI bought up a chummy podcast than about the validating effect of that podcast’s success on other aspirants in tech media.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

What makes California so inhospitable to the upper-crust aspirants?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2025

Those older members who refuse to step down have already drawn primaries from younger aspirants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

Consulting firm Oliver Wyman recently highlighted how luxury brands are layering storytelling, immersive design, and regionally tailored products to capture discerning aspirants.

From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025

All men of talent, whether they be men of feeling or not; whether they be zealots, or aspirants, or despots—provided only they be sincere—have their sublime moments, when they subdue and rule.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë