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Becoming a content creator has officially elbowed out old standbys like doctor and astronaut as the job that Gen Z and Gen Alpha most aspire to have.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Skilled professionals turned creators often don’t aspire to switch to full-time influencing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

"Rather we aspire for it to grow, and perhaps appropriate conditions will emerge one day for all countries of the region to gather under its umbrella."

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

I saw not as a cautionary tale, but something to aspire to,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

You were not expected to aspire to excellence: you were expected to make peace with mediocrity.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

But this “Our” also aspires to grander things, suggesting inclusivity, a hallmark of Mr. Dudamel’s 17 seasons at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where he achieved international fame.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Archer aspires to build a fleet of air taxis that could potentially jet New York City travelers to airports in 15 minutes or less, avoiding traffic jams.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

"For anyone who aspires to do more and wants to go further, I'm proof you can do it," he said, also giving shout-outs to the local schools he had been to.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

The serious journalism Margaret aspires to do is splintering under our distrust of who controls the megaphones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

"Your brother Benjen came to me about Jon a few days ago. It seems the boy aspires to take the black."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

She always aspired to have lots of kids, her own mother testified, and even her career, as a labor and delivery nurse, was centered around bringing children into the world.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

Growing up a few blocks from campus, Trinidad aspired to be a veterinarian as a child.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Some who had once aspired to be homeowners now see it as out of reach.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

Manuel Cuesta, a 63-year-old historian and opposition activist, recalled seeing Castro as a "redeemer" in his youth who had made Cuba what it aspired to be.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

His friend Tyger aspired to be one of those.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Even if it were, distillers aren’t directly copying that output, just using it to learn, like an aspiring writer reading books.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

His videos drew dozens of aspiring food truck owners, many of them immigrants like Ochoa, who entrusted him with their life savings in hopes of turning their dreams into a livelihood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

Today, the situation is not much better for aspiring home buyers.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

By the 2010s, Tang’s lab had a national reputation among aspiring techies, and his former students began populating top companies in Silicon Valley.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

It was the kind of prodigious output that even aspiring male engineers could only hope to replicate.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly