aspiration
Example Sentences
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The prospect of a Russian base on the Red Sea alarms American security officials, who have been jockeying with Beijing and Moscow for years over their competing military aspirations in Africa.
Mr Spragg said the Olympian would want to be remembered as just a "friendly bloke - I don't think he'd got any sort of aspirations of being the hero, he was just Imran".
From BBC
It also transcended local issues in an aspiration to become "the new face of a global and generational revolt," said the professor, who specialises in issues related to youth.
From Barron's
Lincoln taught us that in our aspirations for “enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility and Union” we must cultivate gratitude for our blessings and the introspection needed for improvement.
The shift may not hurt sectors tied to affordable stay-at-home consumption, but it complicates the outlook for categories that rely on aspiration.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
