as in work
the active use of energy in producing a result
the finished parade float was well worth the effort
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Recent Examples of effort
Moore had portrayed the redistricting as a reactionary measure to President Donald Trump‘s efforts to gain more Republican seats in red states like Texas.
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Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2026
Adrian Kempe scored in regulation before Trevor Moore secured a second point in OT with a jaw-dropping individual effort.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 2 Apr. 2026
What To Know Federal judges have repeatedly blocked the Trump administration’s effort to curtail birthright citizenship, and the Supreme Court’s ruling could reshape immigration and constitutional law while influencing executive-judicial relations.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
Sometimes the journey to diagnosis is so emotionally excruciating that people call off the effort for a long period of time or even altogether.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
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Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2026
Adrian Kempe scored in regulation before Trevor Moore secured a second point in OT with a jaw-dropping individual effort.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 2 Apr. 2026
What To Know Federal judges have repeatedly blocked the Trump administration’s effort to curtail birthright citizenship, and the Supreme Court’s ruling could reshape immigration and constitutional law while influencing executive-judicial relations.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
Sometimes the journey to diagnosis is so emotionally excruciating that people call off the effort for a long period of time or even altogether.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for effort
Noun
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Barnes and Imam had been trading ideas with a scholar named Andrew Willard Jones, whose work focussed on the model of Christendom found in, say, High Middle Ages France, where society was organized around its relationship with the Church.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Sara Doody Mid-Century Lift-Top Coffee Table Apartment dwellers will love this space-saving coffee table with a convenient lift-top that doubles as a kitchen table and work desk.—
Ali Faccenda,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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Jessica Scott, an exercise physiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, worked on early prototypes for NASA, anticipating that astronauts would be vulnerable to rapid muscle atrophy without physical exertion.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2026
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Amid such a tumult of exertion and indulgence, the art of directing may seem like an afterthought or a footnote to the sheer volume of creative work that occurs even when the camera isn’t rolling.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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So far, Apple's AI strategy has involved avoiding hefty capital expenditures while Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Meta commit to hundreds of billions of dollars a year in combined capex to fund new data centers and fill them with pricey AI chips.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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But the endorsement in a safe Democratic district is unlikely to attract the major expenditures and outreach that UNITE HERE has provided in battleground states and districts.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
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Gibson cited increasingly severe stomach pains and diarrhea across several days as her family's symptoms.—
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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Branch Rickey and Leo Durocher, the Dodgers’ general manager and manager, took great pains to protect Robinson, but protecting him from all of the vitriol was an impossibility.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Springer says cornstarch can help prevent blisters left by shovels and trowels by drying hand sweat and reducing friction between your skin and the handle.—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
17 Apr. 2026
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Customers agree that the curved brush lengthens and volumizes their lashes, while the formula is smudge-, flake-, clump-, and sweat-proof.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Effort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effort. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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