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English word

ambitious

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UK /æmˈbɪʃəs/US /æmˈbɪʃəs/
adjective

determined to be successful, rich, powerful, etc.

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Sentence 70 · Pro
2019 Stanford Commencement address by Tim Cook
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No matter where you go, no matter what you do, I know you will be ambitious.

2019 Stanford Commencement address by Tim Cook

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Is there an element that you actually deliberately make aggressive prediction timelines to drive people to be ambitious?

Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)Sentence 198 · Pro

obviously, is the weakness of the Russian economy—it's very hard for them to embark on ambitious programs with an economy the size of Belgium.

Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders LectureSentence 133 · Pro

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