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"aspiration" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often dream (5 letters).
Definitions
the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
Word origin
From aspire + -ation.
Used in a sentence
“Riley has an aspiration to become a doctor.”
“Morgan has an aspiration of winning the game.”
“In Cambodian, aspiration is phonemic, so /p/ and /pʰ/ are different phonemes.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Goal”10 letters
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