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wannabe
adjective as in would-be
noun as in aspirant
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Example Sentences
How did we allow a convicted felon, compulsive liar, adjudicated sexual abuser and wannabe dictator to be elected our nation’s president?
Grant chooses goofy professor over, say, conflicted wannabe monk, and offers, if nothing else, a reminder that a boyish smile and twinkling blue eyes are simply quirks of genetics rather than reflections of humanity.
Training schools have been set up for wannabe Aussie punters, including Bennett’s own Gridiron Company, and ProKick Australia, which launched in 2007.
There wasn’t even a convention fight because other Democratic wannabes didn’t have the stomach to contest her.
A wannabe authoritarian who says he’ll deploy the military against “the enemy from within,” a term he uses for political opponents.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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