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aspiration

[as-puh-rey-shuhn] / ˌæs pəˈreɪ ʃən /


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James Bond really serves as a symbol in the show, a symbol of aspiration, pinnacle of achievement in this industry and also of alpha masculinity and all this kind of stuff.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

However, if a poem leads you to a state of understanding, of awareness, and above all, aspiration, then you start to think about a different life, you want to live differently.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Flynn said he would be a champion for North Sea oil and gas workers, those struggling with the cost of living, and "young people searching for hope and aspiration".

From BBC • May 19, 2026

It’s a chronicle of race history in the late 19th and 20th centuries, with all the unpleasantness, and yet it is an act of poetic aspiration, resignation and bravura aesthetics.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Latin’s great theatrical charm, its sacred power, was that it could translate human aspiration to a holy tongue.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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