aspiration
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It’s a chronicle of race history in the late 19th and 20th centuries, with all the unpleasantness, and yet it is an act of poetic aspiration, resignation and bravura aesthetics.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Voters may value welfare - but increasingly ask what comes after it: jobs, wages, mobility, aspiration.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
“I was raised by two moms, and I had this strange aspiration to become the dad,” Malone said, laughing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
The document recognises Yerevan's aspiration to join the bloc, as well as deepens cooperation between the two sides in economic and security matters.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
His ultimate aspiration was to be president of the United States, which meant his approach to solving the threat would require precision and shrewd calculation.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing aspiration
This Week in Pop Culture : January 5 - 11, 2019
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Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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