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aspiring, go-getting, hard-driving, pushing, self-seeking
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The prince spent more than two years working on the ambitious project with partners Booking.com, SkyScanner, CTrip, TripAdvisor, and Visa. — Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR, "Prince Harry Launches New Travel Program to Encourage Eco-Friendly Tourism," 3 Sep. 2019 But Unix, the operating system that in one derivative or another powers nearly all smartphones sold worldwide, was born 50 years ago from the failure of an ambitious project that involved titans like Bell Labs, GE, and MIT. — Richard Jensen, Ars Technica, "Unix at 50: How the OS that powered smartphones started from failure," 29 Aug. 2019 The people close to Saffitz can easily point to the qualities that guide her through ambitious cooking projects. — Marella Gayla, BostonGlobe.com, "Meet Claire Saffitz, the Internet’s favorite pastry chef," 27 Aug. 2019 This fall, Anti-Archive will take on its most ambitious project to date: a feature written and directed by Neang about the experiences of three friends living in the White Building. — Los Angeles Times, "Young filmmakers train a fresh lens on turbulent Cambodia," 27 Aug. 2019 Owners Fenway Sports Group will allow that to lapse before submitting application for a more ambitious project which will far surpass their original vision for the stadium. — SI.com, "Liverpool Announce Significant Change in Plans for Development of Anfield," 22 Aug. 2019 UnderTow owners' most ambitious project yet Owners Jason Asher and Rich Furnari of Barter & Shake Creative Hospitality currently run UnderTow on Indian School Road and Pobrecito at The Churchill. — Tirion Morris, azcentral, "What to expect when the masterminds behind UnderTow open a train-themed cocktail bar," 21 Aug. 2019 In the summer of 2019, Fox News embarked on an ambitious project to chronicle the toll progressive policies have had on the homeless crisis in four West Coast cities: Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Portland, Ore. — Barnini Chakraborty, Fox News, "San Francisco homeless stats soar: city blames big business, residents blame officials," 21 Aug. 2019 Computing power has become a limiting factor for some of the most ambitious AI projects. — Tom Simonite, WIRED, "To Power AI, This Startup Built a Really, Really Big Chip," 19 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ambitious.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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