in pursuit of
idiom
: in order to achieve (something)
He would do anything in pursuit of wealth and fame.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers continued its active offseason with yet another move to bolster their roster in pursuit of the franchise’s seventh Super Bowl.
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Kambui Bomani, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
This is the language of lawyers in pursuit of legitimacy.
—Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
Majority rules, and each time the group opt to sacrifice their lives — and everyone else’s — in pursuit of money.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
The difference is just that Pitt isn’t as self-mythologizing or as strange a figure as Tom Cruise, a man who will either die in pursuit of increasingly spectacular stunts or figure out a way to live forever.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 26 June 2025
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Kambui Bomani, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
This is the language of lawyers in pursuit of legitimacy.
—Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
Majority rules, and each time the group opt to sacrifice their lives — and everyone else’s — in pursuit of money.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
The difference is just that Pitt isn’t as self-mythologizing or as strange a figure as Tom Cruise, a man who will either die in pursuit of increasingly spectacular stunts or figure out a way to live forever.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 26 June 2025
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“In pursuit of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20pursuit%20of. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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