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Synonyms for aspire
Synonyms
aim, allow [chiefly Southern & Midland], calculate, contemplate, design, go [chiefly Southern & Midland], intend, look, mean, meditate, plan, propose, purport, purpose
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When Lee’s lawyer father gave her a typewriter, the aspiring writers would take turns being typists, Vig says. — Michelle Matthews | [email protected], al, "New play explores friendship between Truman Capote, Harper Lee," 27 Aug. 2019 The author of the Easy Rawlins mystery series and many other novels explains how fiction works in his view, and offers tips to aspiring writers. — New York Times, "New & Noteworthy, From Black Utopias to a ‘Little Women’ Tribute," 27 Aug. 2019 Stella, an aspiring horror writer, discovers Sarah’s book and steals it from the house, the catalyzing act of stupidity that every scary movie needs. — Julie Beck, The Atlantic, "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark," 23 Aug. 2019 Take tomboy and aspiring writer Jo March, Little Women’s main protagonist — modeled, incidentally, after Alcott herself. — Sarah Schutte, National Review, "Louisa May Alcott: A Writer for All Ages," 22 Aug. 2019 The aspiring professional pilot, who had her private license, was also a star student and model citizen, often appearing in the local newspapers for her academic and civic accomplishments, the Starkville Daily News reports. — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, "Teenage Beauty Queen Who Aspired to Become a Professional Pilot Dies After Crashing Plane," 8 July 2019 Meanwhile, the irony is that so many of the men who demonstrate a level of intelligence and empathy worth aspiring to—they’ve pretty much all been on Joe Rogan’s podcast. — Devin Gordon, The Atlantic, "I Tried to Live Like Joe Rogan," 19 Aug. 2019 Blinded tells the story of Javed (newcomer Viveik Kalra), an introverted aspiring writer living in the small English town of Luton during the Margaret Thatcher era. — Mara Reinstein, Billboard, "'Blinded by the Light' Is a Joyous, Over-the-Top Ode to Bruce Springsteen," 7 Aug. 2019 And while Facebook’s betrayals, both prosecutable and more general, are both more established and far larger than anything a gimmick app like FaceApp could aspire to, Facebook was a gimmick site too, for a while. — John Herrman, New York Times, "FaceApp Is the Future," 24 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'aspire.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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