: seeking to attain a desired position or status
the pilot was an aspirant astronaut
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Noun
a debate between the two aspirants for the highest office
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Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
Passages from the document sound eerily like Pompeo’s and O’Brien’s speeches:
The Soviet Union, unlike previous aspirants to hegemony, is animated by a new fanatic faith, antithetical to our own, and seeks to impose its absolute authority over the rest of the world.
—Michael McFaul, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2020
David Rosowsky, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Because an aspirant terrorist like the one who used a truck and gun to kill and injure civilians and police officers can easily adjust their plans.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Some Democrats believe that by 2028, presidential aspirants will be running away from Biden's legacy rather than embracing it.
—Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
Passages from the document sound eerily like Pompeo’s and O’Brien’s speeches:
The Soviet Union, unlike previous aspirants to hegemony, is animated by a new fanatic faith, antithetical to our own, and seeks to impose its absolute authority over the rest of the world.
—Michael McFaul, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2020
Adjective
Know your peer and aspirant institutions and follow their efforts and progress.
—David Rosowsky, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Because an aspirant terrorist like the one who used a truck and gun to kill and injure civilians and police officers can easily adjust their plans.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Aspirant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aspirant. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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