ambitious expansion

collocation in English

meaningsofambitiousandexpansion

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ambitious
adjective
uk
/æmˈbɪʃ.əs/us
/æmˈbɪʃ.əs/
having a strong wish to be successful, powerful, ...
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expansion
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən/us
/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən/
the increase of something in size, number, ...
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(Definition ofambitiousandexpansionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I should also like to mention the museum'sambitiousexpansionplans.
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Now that the threat has passed, the harbour board is planning anambitiousexpansionof the already successful cruise terminal.
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I come now to the important question of how thisambitiousexpansionprogramme is to be financed.
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The board that manages the museum is consideringambitiousexpansionschemes.
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The 1973 oil crisis, however, put the brakes on thisambitiousexpansionwhen the demand for fuel-hungry sports cars shrank.
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The firm had engaged in anambitiousexpansionthroughout the 1990s, peaking in 1999 with a total of 425 attorneys employed by the firm.
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In the 1970s, the reef was the subject of anambitiousexpansionproject utilizing old and discarded tires.
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Subsequently, museum representatives have announced a much moreambitiousexpansion, at a cost of about $80 million.
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Ambitiousexpansionprojects will increase the network by almost one third, connecting the airport, and the northern and western districts.
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In 1969 the mine started anambitiousexpansion, and by 1979 was producing over 185,000 tonnes of mineral concentrates per year.
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One year later, the company began making plans for anambitiousexpansion.
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Cole started anambitiousexpansionprogram for the resort.
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It is implementing anambitiousexpansionplan over the period 2011-12 to 2015-16, to meet the evacuation and grid strengthening needs of the future.
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