ambitious
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Miels reiterated the company’s ambitious growth targets—with or without Nuvalent—promising to increase annual sales to more than $53 billion by 2031, up more than 20% from where sales are now.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The flagship project had been billed as an ambitious and unparalleled military partnership.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Ray Miles, a member of an East End squad that is less than thrilled by their new guy, opposite the smooth and ambitious Det.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
That plan, which Musk said should be taken with a “grain of salt,” is more ambitious than what SpaceX laid out in its IPO filing.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
Encouraged to seek out more, he embarked on increasingly ambitious journeys into the wilderness, sometimes traveling over a thousand miles through the rugged mountains.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing ambitious
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 4
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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