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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a quest to be" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a journey or pursuit towards achieving a certain state of being or identity.
Example: "Her journey was a quest to be the best version of herself, embracing every challenge along the way."
Alternatives: "a journey to become" or "an endeavor to be".
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Mediocrity isn't a quest to be pursued — but a derelict deathtrap to be detonated into oblivion.
From that day forward, every day became a quest to be noticed.
Being the best is wonderful, but I don't see that this is a quest to be the best.
Its attractive philosophy is that travel should be an experience, not a quest, to be enjoyed rather than endured.
In a quest to be hip and on the cutting edge of fashion, The Times has lost its moral compass.
A burly salesman with a round face and belly, Pitkanen is on a quest to be one of the world's rare obese endurance athletes.
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It was a relatively short exercise in a series they had volunteered to undertake in a quest to being accepted into "The Regiment".
If someone you think is going down the same road you are correcting, lend an ear and a guiding spirit to help them in a quest to being true.
They began this month on a legitimate quest to be one of the more dominant teams in baseball history.
Premier since 1993, he seemed to be driven by a never-ending quest to be the best and the (false) belief that he was irreplaceable.
It's an always-deepening quest to be more myself in my writing.
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