1
as in ambitious
having a strong desire for personal advancement
a self-seeking schemer who claimed others' ideas and achievements as his own
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as in selfish
overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests
a self-seeking woman who could be counted on to sidetrack all conversation into a discussion of her problems
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Adjective
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His introduction set an ambitious tone, outlining Seoul’s aspirations to firmly establish itself on the global fashion map.—
WWD Staff,
WWD,
24 Feb. 2025 -
Notably, Prologis is now the second-largest solar energy producer in the U.S. and has ambitious goals, including reaching one gigawatt of solar capacity by the end of the decade.—
Peter High,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Liberals without children fear they are seen as selfish careerists or libertines.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Dropping this much weight in such a short amount of time is both dangerous and, according to his teammates, selfish.—
Mike Ryan,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Katharine Ross stars as Joanna Eberhart, a young wife and mother and aspiring photographer who moves with her family to the seemingly idyllic fictional Connecticut suburb of Stepford at her husband Walter's (Peter Masterson) insistence.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
23 Feb. 2025
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And while some people on social media weren’t so kind to North, the aspiring performer had plenty of support in the moment.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Self-seeking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-seeking. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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