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would-be
[ wood-bee ]
adjective
- wishing or pretending to be:
a would-be wit.
- intended to be:
a would-be kindness.
noun
- a person who wishes or pretends to be something:
Opera singers and would-bes should practice at least four hours a day.
would-be
adjective
- derogatory.wanting or professing to be
a would-be politician
- intended to be
would-be generosity
noun
- derogatory.a person who wants or professes to be something that he is not
- the person to whom one is is engaged to be married; fiancé or fiancée
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of would-be1
Example Sentences
The list of would-be buyers for TikTok in the US - both rumoured and confirmed - has grown longer as the deadline for deciding its future looms.
The Federal Bureau of Investigations issued a warning to would-be Tesla attackers after a man threw Molotov cocktails and shot at a Tesla service center in Las Vegas, setting multiple vehicles ablaze.
What is certain is that many would-be candidates on the French right wing – like Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau – would see in a Bardella candidacy a huge opportunity for themselves.
In other words, Trump is targeting lawyers who use the constitutionally established balance of powers to rein in a would-be authoritarian.
Firms exist as pockets of sovereignty for would-be kings to exercise their authority with no accountability to anyone but the market.
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