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"goal" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often aspiration (10 letters).
Definitions
a successful attempt at scoring
Word origin
From Middle English gol (“boundary, limit”), from Old English *gāl (“obstacle, barrier, marker”), from Proto-West Germanic *gailu, from Proto-Germanic *gailō (“crevice, gap”); compare the Old English's derivatives Old English gǣlan (“to hinder, delay”), and hyġegǣls (“hesitating, slow, sluggish”), hyġegǣlsa (“slow one, sluggish one”).
Used in a sentence
“My lifelong goal is to get into a Hollywood movie.”
“His goal is to become a YouTuber.”
“She failed in her goal to become captain of the team.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer8 curated clues
01“Aim or score”4 letters
02“Aim to reach”4 letters
03“Net target in soccer”4 letters
04“Point scored in soccer”4 letters
05“Score target in soccer”4 letters
06“Scoring target”4 letters
07“Target to achieve”4 letters
08“Target to reach”4 letters
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