aspiration
Example Sentences
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“My aspiration for Zlatan,” Cardinale says, “is actually he should be the next Bond villain.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
The book established many of the themes that continue through Rowbottom’s fiction: women at odds with their bodies, mothers and daughters struggling toward one another, beauty as both aspiration and burden.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
It also normalizes elite privilege by reframing it as relatable aspiration.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
"Through our ambitious reforms announced in the post-16 education and skills white paper we will restore universities as engines of growth, aspiration and opportunity."
From BBC • May 12, 2026
“But he had a lot of water in his lungs, and it gave him pneumonia, what they call aspiration pneumonia,” Carl explained.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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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