ambition
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The UK's ambition is seen as relatively modest in terms of continuous AI usage for the NHS, national security and financial services by 2030.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Earlier this month, Revolut got a tentative greenlight to offer banking services to Americans, part of its ambition to crack the U.S. market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Culiacan's bishop, Jesus Jose Herrera, called on the gang members to stop the violence: "No territory and no ambition is worth more than a human life."
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
The preparedness effort has moved beyond a future ambition.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
I wasn’t lacking in ambition, but it was going to take plain luck to make it in this place.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Oracle is tightly linked to OpenAI’s fate, having taken on debt to help fund a massive expansion in cloud capacity that’s meant support the ChatGPT creator’s growth ambitions.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Hong Kong is "less relevant for China's national tech ambitions" than mainland powerhouses like Shenzhen, said Gary Ng, a senior economist at Natixis.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
The setting not only tests the show’s main romance, it also provides Mare with breathing room and an opportunity to explore her professional ambitions more seriously.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The move reflects the state’s pivot from its crypto ambitions toward a burgeoning defense-tech center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Big, heaving sobs about all of it: the death of Great-Grampy JonJon’s ambitions, and the fact that Uncle Jack really did have proof of JonJon’s innocence but couldn’t use it.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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