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aspire

Definition for aspire

verb as in aim, hope

Strongest matches

crave, pursue, strive, yearn

Strong matches

desire, dream, hanker, long, seek, struggle, try, want, wish

Weak matches

be ambitious, be eager

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My favorite part of “Regretting You,” from Paramount Pictures, is the glimpse inside an aspiring teen filmmaker’s bedroom, which is covered with posters for Paramount movies.

Mr. Berry is also drawn to continuity and coherence: His writing conjures the connectedness and simple moral clarity that the people of Port William imperfectly aspire to.

At 15, he was accepted to RIG Academy, a Swedish government-funded boarding school for aspiring athletes in Uppsala, north of Stockholm.

CV is a fine public school with a good theater program, but it isn’t exactly an incubator for nepo babies and aspiring stars.

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“We struggle to see a credible stand-alone future for Paramount as the kind of company it aspires to be,” said Bernstein analyst Laurent Yoon.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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