aspire
Example Sentences
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In the news business, there’s the world that most of us journalists aspire to live in—the one that has our audience eagerly clamoring for more of our serious accountability reporting.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
To those in Griffin’s milieu, or who aspire to be, the video was a distasteful and even dangerous broadside against the city’s wealthy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
"People do not aspire to be beneficiaries," says Tillin.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
Lawyers who aspire to become judge often run for open seats.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
The last example shows that verbs can be drained of life when they are turned into adjectives, too, as when contribute becomes contributive to or aspire becomes on the aspirational level.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Grade 9, List 3
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