endeavoring

present participle of endeavor
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of endeavoring But organizers are also endeavoring to create more structured career pathways for PAs, who do not have many clear options for career advancement. Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025 Also, with most modern vehicles sharing platforms and automakers endeavoring to reduce costs by utilizing the same parts across various model lines and for extended periods, Drury said parts availability should not be a problem. Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Beatrice is also the proud new patron of Borne, a medical research charity endeavoring to end premature birth. Janine Henni, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endeavoring
Verb
  • Dispelling shame and striving for equality was a strategy used by fourteen women.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Much to the dismay of Gen Z striving for success with a manageable work-life balance, CEOs are adamant that intense schedules are essential for anyone looking to make it in business.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some private business owners are still trying to process the change in Florida’s gun law.
    Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
  • There were still five behind the ball, but one of them, Morris, was not tight enough to Ecuadorian attacker John Yeboah, and was too slow in trying to jump the pass.
    Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With The Fulfillment, the sub-context is how clout culture is a currency, how attention itself has become a currency, just like our laboring bodies are.
    Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
  • While such a scenario sounds potentially maudlin and manipulative, Lucero — who wrote the film from a personal place — never allows that to happen by making the characters complex and flawed, and laboring under real-life issues.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Instead of gradually boiling into insanity, the film hits fever pitch hallucinations right away and quickly exhausts itself attempting to keep pace.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
  • According to the Mexico City Secretariat of Public Safety, Dorcaz was shot in the neck while attempting to exit a road and died instantly at the scene, TMZ reports.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Families are struggling with rising costs while City Hall wastes millions.
    Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Through scholarships and events, the organization aims to support and encourage people struggling with illness.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • All federal employees who are not paid during the shutdown, whether they were furloughed or remained working, are entitled by law to back pay once the shutdown ends.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Too many working families are being priced out of their own neighborhoods.
    Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Endeavoring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endeavoring. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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