How to Use aspiration in a Sentence

aspiration

noun
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  • There’s a Warholian riff here on celebrity—or the aspiration to celebrity—as a performance in its own right.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Without a clear understanding of one’s brand aspiration, and how to define, build and protect it, freelancers are likely to struggle.
    — Jon Younger, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
  • An aspiration emotionally charges you as the moon activates Mars and Pluto.
    — USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Repeated visualization helps to rewire the brain, fostering a self-image aligned with one's aspirations.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • But the law also opened pathways for another core American aspiration: free-market economics.
    — WIRED, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Objective pursuit of a universal truth may be a worthy aspiration; mistaking it for what science is contradicts history.
    — WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Their journey intertwines conflicting aspirations as nostalgia meets ambition, and the weight of her past confronts an uncertain future.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The notion and the aspiration have been around for decades.
    — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Despite Stryker’s death certificate citing aspiration as a cause of death, there was no autopsy done on Stryker, Lindsey said.
    — Monivette Cordeiro, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022
  • With your first studio lead in the books, what’s next on your list of aspirations?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2019
  • The companies in the room were well aware of these aspirations.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 5 Oct. 2017
  • That is not to say Tebow doesn’t have big-league aspirations.
    — Justin Tasch, Sun-Sentinel.com, 12 July 2018
  • But their hopes and struggles and challenges and aspirations will still be the same.
    — Melinda Gates, Marie Claire, 11 Oct. 2015
  • But those aspirations have never died — and the fight is far from over.
    — Michelle Adams, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
  • And the life force of limitless aspiration can be catching for the young.
    — Star Tribune, 13 July 2021
  • The real key is the earnest aspiration to keep getting better all the time.
    — Scott Meslow, GQ, 12 Jan. 2018
  • The aspiration of adding to those lists remains strong.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Clair’s aspirations for his son didn’t include the major leagues at the time.
    — Eduardo A. Encina, baltimoresun.com, 17 June 2018
  • For Tee Tran, the golden rule is not just an aspiration.
    — New York Times, 14 Dec. 2020
  • The aspiration was made public as long ago as last year.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 July 2023
  • No one had managed to peer inside the snakes to figure out the how and why of their aspiration antics.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Yet even this vision is not big enough to capture the aspiration of Plaid.
    — Scott Harkey, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
  • And putting themselves below the needs, the dreams, the aspirations of the American people.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Our aspiration is to be the world’s computer, in Azure.
    — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Back then, Baer’s aspirations were a little more down-to-earth.
    — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Sachdev has always been an activist in her heart, but recent events around the world have brought the aspiration to the forefront.
    — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2018
  • If the Wing was a shorthand for female aspiration, the bookshelf was a visual symbol of the brand.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • White’s essays and the letters between White and Lawrence were just right for that aspiration.
    — Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • What are your career aspirations, and is this company the right fit for you now?
    — Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2023
  • Jesse Dominguez had the same aspirations many in Los Angeles do: to be an actor.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023

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