ambitious for
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: wanting (someone) to be successful
He was very ambitious for his children but not for himself.
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Shot on location in Taiwan, New York and Alaska, the series has a production scale and cross-cultural scope that’s uncommonly ambitious for a Taiwanese drama.
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Looking ahead, current members are ambitious for what’s to come.
—Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
Many of these projects have failed to live up to the near-utopian visions that inspired them, their plans too ambitious for government budgets or out of sync with local demand.
—Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2025
At the other end of the spectrum, large populous emerging countries (think of Indonesia, Nigeria and Bangladesh) are worried about the fallout of the US-China rivalry, but in many ways non-aligned and ambitious for their own economies.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Looking ahead, current members are ambitious for what’s to come.
—Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
Many of these projects have failed to live up to the near-utopian visions that inspired them, their plans too ambitious for government budgets or out of sync with local demand.
—Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2025
At the other end of the spectrum, large populous emerging countries (think of Indonesia, Nigeria and Bangladesh) are worried about the fallout of the US-China rivalry, but in many ways non-aligned and ambitious for their own economies.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Ambitious for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ambitious%20for. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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