How to Use aspiration in a Sentence
aspiration
noun-
Tasks that advance these objectives but aren't critical for either a duty or an aspiration.
— Katy Milkman, CNN, 22 July 2022 -
The high aspirations with which the tribunal was founded should not shield it from the consequences of its decision to pursue other agendas.
— Eugene Kontorovich, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024 -
Enzo Ferrari: his name became a boast, an aspiration, and ultimately legend.
— Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2022 -
The first and most common is called vacuum aspiration, typically offered up to 13 weeks of pregnancy.
— Sony Salzman, ABC News, 19 July 2022 -
That is not a typical aspiration of someone who teaches chemistry to undergraduates.
— New York Times, 11 July 2022 -
Vacuum aspiration abortions involve the removal of content from the uterus through suction and are usually performed during the first trimester or early in the second.
— Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al, 6 July 2022 -
Basic governance creates the space for attaining those modest aspirations.
— Bob Stonebrook, The Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2024 -
But tight competition at the winger position — not to mention the club’s aspiration to upgrade the talent there this winter — may lead to the 27-year-old’s departure.
— Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 27 Nov. 2024 -
Mesa must change course from aspiration to action and move forward with our sustainability plans to ensure future generations have access to vital resources like water.
— Joshua Bowling, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2022 -
But all week long, the prospects of a Woods retirement seemed better than a Woods vow, or simply an audible aspiration, to be back in a St. Andrews field.
— New York Times, 15 July 2022 -
The notion and the aspiration have been around for decades.
— Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2020 -
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 -
At 3-8 and with their playoff aspirations all but gone, who’s on the chopping block next?
— Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 20 Nov. 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
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