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Recent Examples of overambitious
But without realistic steps, this overambitious mindset can leave you feeling burnt out.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
This sets the stage for the recurring theme of the season, with overambitious district attorney Harvey Dent (Diedrich Bader) running for mayor, putting him in conflict, but maybe also in cahoots, with Thorne.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024
The company made decisions on hiring and new products last year that were overambitious, Mickos said.
—James Rundle, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2023
On several occasions, overambitious companies pressed even decrepit hulls back into service, such was the value and relative rarity of boats.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2023
Though holiday weekends have always been a bit of a gamble, crew staffing issues magnified by overambitious schedules means there’s now less slack in the system, Bob Mann, a longtime airline executive who now runs R.W. Mann & Company, an airline consulting company, said.
—New York Times, 1 July 2022
However, that may be overambitious.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2022
Each new play is putatively the work of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, a troupe of overambitious amateur thespians.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
Many women are considered overambitious and degraded for wanting to succeed, while those same characteristics are celebrated in men.
—Blake Morgan, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
Mark Travers, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
This sets the stage for the recurring theme of the season, with overambitious district attorney Harvey Dent (Diedrich Bader) running for mayor, putting him in conflict, but maybe also in cahoots, with Thorne.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024
The company made decisions on hiring and new products last year that were overambitious, Mickos said.
—James Rundle, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2023
On several occasions, overambitious companies pressed even decrepit hulls back into service, such was the value and relative rarity of boats.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2023
Though holiday weekends have always been a bit of a gamble, crew staffing issues magnified by overambitious schedules means there’s now less slack in the system, Bob Mann, a longtime airline executive who now runs R.W. Mann & Company, an airline consulting company, said.
—New York Times, 1 July 2022
However, that may be overambitious.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2022
Each new play is putatively the work of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, a troupe of overambitious amateur thespians.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
Many women are considered overambitious and degraded for wanting to succeed, while those same characteristics are celebrated in men.
—Blake Morgan, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overambitious
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While the Cubs are trying to be opportunistic and get creative on a Bregman deal, sources indicated their current budget for baseball operations does not leave much room for the All-Star third baseman.—
Sahadev Sharma,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Chiefs have been so opportunistic in the season’s second half that All-Pro cornerback Trent McDuffie, who didn’t have an interception in his first two years, recorded picks in back-to-back games.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2025
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Mark pulled his sister Devon (Jen Tullock) aside at a party for his pretentious brother-in-law Ricken (Michael Chernus).—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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Daniel Brühl co-starred as pretentious director Eric Bouchard, with Aya Cash as producer Anita and Billy Magnussen and Richard E. Grant as actors Adam Randolph and Peter Fairchild.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
3 Jan. 2025
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More ambitious scenarios, like the IEA’s Net Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario, envision cutting oil, coal, and gas use by at least 80% in just 25 years—an unprecedented feat.—
Aldo Flores-Quiroga,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Nine dogs and 30 cats were adopted from the center on San Carlos and Third streets last month — short of the ambitious goal of 100 but still pretty good considering people who stopped by were likely on their way to or from downtown holiday events.—
Sal Pizarro,
The Mercury News,
18 Jan. 2025
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With how aggressive Commanders head coach Dan Quinn has been on fourth down, Fangio has to treat third down like second down.—
Ted Nguyen,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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So far, investors have been relieved President Donald Trump has backed away from aggressive, across-the-board tariffs during his first days in office.—
Medora Lee,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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The European badger: industrious, nocturnal, nattily dressed in black-and-white stripes.—
Anna Russell,
The New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2025
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Meaning: Emery is derived from the Germanic name Emmerich, which is composed of the elements amal (work, industrious) and ric (ruler, power).—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2025
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Mesta and the show’s star, Ethel Merman, two loud peas in the same pushy pod, became and remained fast friends.—
Thomas Mallon,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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As the moon and Mars clash, friendly encouragement devolves into pushy behavior.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
1 Jan. 2025
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Herbert is way too talented, too good an athlete, too intelligent, too diligent and too well-respected by his colleagues not to succeed.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Orange County Register,
15 Jan. 2025
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Be diligent about knowing the state of your employees.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Homestead, which had a distinct size advantage, also was the more assertive team, taking charge in the second quarter to build a 17-point halftime lead.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
17 Jan. 2025
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In 2020, he was awarded South Carolina’s top honor for assertive journalism.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Overambitious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overambitious. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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