aspiration
Example Sentences
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The Colombian film “A Poet” is, yes, about a poet, though that title takes on a revolving set of connotations—an aspiration, an occupation, a mocking epithet, a euphemism for “unemployed.”
Doing the political math, he abandoned his statewide aspirations and made the city his electoral prize.
Singh was born in 1987 in Jiagang, a small town in West Bengal state, into a household where music was not an aspiration but a daily practice, permeating every aspect of life.
From BBC
Whatever the timing and pricing turn out to be, the IPO of an Elon Musk company with aspirations of colonizing Mars will certainly be something to follow this year.
From Barron's
“Younger folks, especially younger men, are looking to get rich quick and also to build ‘passive wealth’ — all of which I think goes back to the aspiration gap,” Carmichael said.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
