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Recent Examples of overambitious
This sets the stage for the recurring theme of the season, with overambitious district attorney Harvey Dent (Diedrich Bader) running for mayor, putting him in conflict, but maybe also in cahoots, with Thorne.
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Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024
The company made decisions on hiring and new products last year that were overambitious, Mickos said.
—James Rundle, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2023
On several occasions, overambitious companies pressed even decrepit hulls back into service, such was the value and relative rarity of boats.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2023
Though holiday weekends have always been a bit of a gamble, crew staffing issues magnified by overambitious schedules means there’s now less slack in the system, Bob Mann, a longtime airline executive who now runs R.W. Mann & Company, an airline consulting company, said.
—New York Times, 1 July 2022
However, that may be overambitious.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2022
Each new play is putatively the work of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, a troupe of overambitious amateur thespians.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
Many women are considered overambitious and degraded for wanting to succeed, while those same characteristics are celebrated in men.
—Blake Morgan, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
Guillory’s original plan for Professing Criticism, ultimately abandoned as overambitious, was to write a chronological history of academic literary study in Britain and America from the medieval era to the present.
—Evan Kindley, The New York Review of Books, 16 Feb. 2023
Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024
The company made decisions on hiring and new products last year that were overambitious, Mickos said.
—James Rundle, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2023
On several occasions, overambitious companies pressed even decrepit hulls back into service, such was the value and relative rarity of boats.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2023
Though holiday weekends have always been a bit of a gamble, crew staffing issues magnified by overambitious schedules means there’s now less slack in the system, Bob Mann, a longtime airline executive who now runs R.W. Mann & Company, an airline consulting company, said.
—New York Times, 1 July 2022
However, that may be overambitious.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2022
Each new play is putatively the work of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, a troupe of overambitious amateur thespians.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
Many women are considered overambitious and degraded for wanting to succeed, while those same characteristics are celebrated in men.
—Blake Morgan, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
Guillory’s original plan for Professing Criticism, ultimately abandoned as overambitious, was to write a chronological history of academic literary study in Britain and America from the medieval era to the present.
—Evan Kindley, The New York Review of Books, 16 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overambitious
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Carter would go on to be exposed as a white supremacist Klan member who once wrote speeches for George Wallace, and whether his literary career was an attempt to distance himself from that, an opportunistic exercise, or some combination of the two remains an unsettled question.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Understanding Raccoon Behavior Raccoons are opportunistic feeders, chowing down on whatever’s readily available.Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
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Yet Connell of all people, whose pretentious classmates use novels to seem superior, should know that the love of literature is hardly disinterested.Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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Once the very idea of holding a wine tasting at one’s home was considered a pretentious way of ruining a convivial party.John Mariani, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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The outcome of the local transportation referendum could set the stage for decades of ambitious government projects.Adam Tamburin, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Its winding, disjointed, miles contain more interesting people and places than even an ambitious guidebook writer could ever hope to chronicle.Dan Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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But the caveat is that strategy requires an aggressive sales function.Jesse Silvertown, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Throughout the election season, Republicans and Democrats viewed Arizona's 11 electoral college votes as up for grabs, which meant both parties did aggressive campaigning throughout the state and both Trump and Harris visited on multiple occasions.Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Neither veteran defenseman Cam Fowler nor power forward Mason McTavish played Sunday, and both were missing from Tuesday’s practice, as was industrious winger Robby Fabbri.Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 12 Nov. 2024
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Melania Trump also wasn’t known to be the most industrious of first ladies, according to Rogers.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Up until the European cancellations, Roan was an endearing story of overnight success, the quirky theater kid who’d made good while remaining honest and unfiltered, and most supporters agreed with her decision to draw a firm boundary against pushy fans.Nate Jones, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024
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Jennifer Morse, medical director at the Mid-Michigan District Health Department, conceded that relying on owners raises the risk cases will be missed, but that being too pushy could reignite a backlash against public health.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
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The company prides itself on its diligent authentication process, ensuring that every item sold is 100% genuine.Kasey Caminiti, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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As your wealth compounds, diligent legacy planning grows increasingly vital.Brian Niksa, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Though the Chinese Communist Party has never governed Taiwan, Beijing has grown more assertive in recent years.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Beijing has become increasingly assertive in pursuing its claim to virtually the entire South China Sea, which is crucial to international trade.CBS News, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Overambitious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overambitious. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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