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aspiration

[as-puh-rey-shuhn] / ˌæs pəˈreɪ ʃən /


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She attended the University of Arizona, but her academic aspirations were short-lived.

From Los Angeles Times

What kind of economy is India building - one that can match rising aspirations with real opportunity, or one that leaves millions navigating underemployment and drift?

From BBC

“Project Hail Mary” salutes its ancestors without ripping them off—alluding to “Arrival,” “E.T.” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”—but it is also, excitingly, a fresh story with bold aspirations.

From The Wall Street Journal

“He’s going to be relegated to going down the food chain in terms of the size of the enterprise to become a CEO, if that is his aspiration.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Times in 2018 for more than $500 million, he took on a paper with unrealized digital aspirations and a dwindling staff.

From The Wall Street Journal