aspiration
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Voters may value welfare - but increasingly ask what comes after it: jobs, wages, mobility, aspiration.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
“I was raised by two moms, and I had this strange aspiration to become the dad,” Malone said, laughing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
The document recognises Yerevan's aspiration to join the bloc, as well as deepens cooperation between the two sides in economic and security matters.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
Some of those eagerly sought to enlighten their charges, while a few others grew to see – or claimed to see – an unbridgeable chasm between the ivory tower and mass cultural aspiration.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
Thank you, above all, for helping humankind make peace its most urgent and noble aspiration.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
Vocabulary lists containing aspiration
This Week in Pop Culture : January 5 - 11, 2019
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Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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