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Meanings of challenging in English

Requiring full use of your abilities or resources.

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Stimulating interest or thought.

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Examples for "ambitious"
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The most ambitious form of this future sees new democratic structures arise.
BBC
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What exactly needs to happen in order to meet that ambitious goal?
Wired
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That throws into question how the government can achieve its ambitious goal.
Reuters
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Mary, increasingly ambitious for her husband's political future, relished this political trip.
A. lincoln: a biography
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France is calling for ambitious plans to reform the international monetary order.
Reuters

Disturbingly provocative.

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Usage of challenging in English
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Meeting objectives has proved to be challenging as market conditions remain difficult.
Reuters
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For example, current market sentiment could make access to wholesale funding challenging.
Reuters
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Hundreds of people braved challenging conditions to help refloat the surviving animals.
Radio NZ
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Detection of recent natural selection is a challenging problem in population genetics.
Pubmed
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A number of religious groups have filed lawsuits challenging the new rule.
Reuters
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The company said economic conditions remained challenging in most of its markets.
Reuters
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Objectives: The management of intractable epilepsy in children is a challenging problem.
Pubmed
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However, the lower house is challenging the very heart of the reform.
Reuters
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However, small numbers of cases have made investigation of subtype-specific risks challenging.
Pubmed
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These factors all combine to create a challenging situation for the sector.
The Guardian
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The house, in County Kildare, supports vulnerable young people through challenging times.
News.com.au
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Bounce-back timeframe However, in its latest update, it flagged challenging times ahead.
Radio NZ
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Conditions on much of the road network are described as extremely challenging.
The Irish Times
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It would have been a challenging situation under the best of circumstances.
The tudors: the complete story of england's most notorious dynas...
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Hurricanes right winger Ty Rattie said Darling's size made him particularly challenging.
Reuters
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Whether Honor can succeed in such challenging conditions remains to be seen.
The Guardian
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