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aspirational

[ as-puh-rey-shuh-nl ]

adjective

  1. relating to or characterized by aspiration or a strong desire for something:

    their aspirational goals for the New Year.

  2. aimed at or appealing to people who want to attain a higher social position or standard of living:

    a magazine featuring aspirational products for the home.

  3. Medicine/Medical. relating to the act of removing a fluid from a body cavity or of inhaling a fluid into the lungs.
  4. Phonetics. relating to articulation involving an audible puff of breath.


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Bapna, of the NRDC, said the administration’s actions are threatening to throw decades of the nation’s aspirational environmental achievements into reverse.

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She refers derisively to the “aspirational kind” of gender dysphoria.

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So while Berman admitted in a phone call Sunday that the line about matching the NFL with 32 teams was more aspirational than anticipated, it can no longer be dismissed as absurd.

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US consumer brands used hyper-efficient supply chains stretching into China and East Asia to make incredible profits selling their aspirational American products everywhere.

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Selena’s path from performing at restaurants, clubs and weddings across South Texas to drawing record-breaking crowds at the Houston Astrodome, as a woman in Tejano music, wasn’t just aspirational — it was revolutionary.

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