EFFORTS Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

efforts

noun

plural of effort

as in works

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 efforts The force, which rose to a peak of about 5,000 troops over the summer, has supported arrest operations, patrolled city streets and neighborhoods, and participated in cleanup efforts. — Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026 The coffee shop is going to be the training ground for the organization’s new Latte Life Academy, which will be part of the nonprofit’s workforce training efforts. — Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026 Acura is also calling time on its GTP program in IMSA, preferring to focus its motorsports efforts on IndyCar. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026 The entire Horn of Africa region is on a knife’s edge and it is being made only more complicated by Houthi efforts to shut Red Sea shipping and the war in Iran. — Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 Some efforts have failed when cities could not attract enough customers to cover operating costs, Dame said. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026 Illinois already ranks among the states with the highest property taxes in the nation, yet substantive efforts to relieve this burden remain entirely lacking. — Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 Andreu was the school district’s executive director of operations from 2023 to early 2026, a period when Broward’s Office of Inspector General scrutinized three efforts to select vendors for laptop purchases and deployment. — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026 Our efforts in the life sciences are organized around two goals. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Keynesianism gets a brain freeze John Maynard Keynes is basically the father of macroeconomics, the study of how the entire economy works, including what the government can do to fight recessions, boost employment, and control inflation.

— Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
Several works confront the digital systems shaping contemporary life, subverting algorithms and finding room for human error and agency.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of works

Noun

Lula very pointedly locates the threat differently, emphasizing the ability to resist a foreign power’s undue exertions of leverage.

— Andre Pagliarini, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
Ayuso possibly lacks the top-end explosivity, while surely Mas’ legs are not in race-winning shape given his exertions over the past month — but the Mallorcan is in the form of his career.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of exertions

Noun

Ellison has taken an opposing view from his predecessors who confronted crumbling industry economics by cutting expenditures to boost their corporate bottom lines.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
The arrival of Netflix in many regions, including South Korea and areas of Africa, has been a watershed moment that helped turbocharge local production infrastructure, jobs and expenditures.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026