as in attempts
an effort to do or accomplish something
the hope that this latest endeavor will yield much information about the atmosphere of the planet
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as in labors
to devote serious and sustained effort
the trapped climber endeavored mightily to get the boulder to budge
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as in tries
to make an effort to do
our club is forever endeavoring to find ways to raise more money for activities
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Recent Examples of endeavors
Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Other examples of politically motivated pirate radio can be found around the world, some of them clandestinely backed by governmental intelligence agencies, but many of them existing as truly grassroots endeavors.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
With momentum building for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a new exhibit in Lake Worth Beach is using the tournament’s buzz to look beyond the soccer pitch — at the movement, emotion and spirit behind all athletic endeavors.
—Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
What’s more, all of them operate or are members of outside media ventures, meaning that MS NOW, NBC News, CBS News and others are hitching their corporate fortunes to people whose top priority may be the health of their own endeavors and not always those of the company employing them.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
In the promo trailer for Episode 2, slated for April 19, Cassie resumes her OnlyFans endeavors wearing a revealing baby costume, prompting Kelly's criticism.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
Max Space has unveiled a large sub-scale version of their expandable habitat, giving viewers a real look at how best to offer far greater habitable volume for future space endeavors.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Having stepped back significantly in recent years to focus on real estate initiatives and philanthropic endeavors, Hastings will not be standing for re-election to the Netflix board at the annual meeting in June.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
The Adventure series is filled with risky endeavors.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2026
Unable to fix Caroline's problems, Linda endeavors to solve one of her own.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
Princess Kate is patron of Family Action, a national charity that endeavors to help children and families recover from trauma.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
Nevertheless, the entire team always endeavors to make everyone's stay as pleasant as possible.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
They are measured in the reputational damage that will take years to remediate, and in the chilling effect on future endeavors intended to do good at scale.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Other examples of politically motivated pirate radio can be found around the world, some of them clandestinely backed by governmental intelligence agencies, but many of them existing as truly grassroots endeavors.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
With momentum building for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a new exhibit in Lake Worth Beach is using the tournament’s buzz to look beyond the soccer pitch — at the movement, emotion and spirit behind all athletic endeavors.
—Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
What’s more, all of them operate or are members of outside media ventures, meaning that MS NOW, NBC News, CBS News and others are hitching their corporate fortunes to people whose top priority may be the health of their own endeavors and not always those of the company employing them.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
In the promo trailer for Episode 2, slated for April 19, Cassie resumes her OnlyFans endeavors wearing a revealing baby costume, prompting Kelly's criticism.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
Max Space has unveiled a large sub-scale version of their expandable habitat, giving viewers a real look at how best to offer far greater habitable volume for future space endeavors.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Having stepped back significantly in recent years to focus on real estate initiatives and philanthropic endeavors, Hastings will not be standing for re-election to the Netflix board at the annual meeting in June.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
The Adventure series is filled with risky endeavors.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
Curate for a Wide Range of Audience Members Despite its moniker, the festival endeavors to program for a wide array of potential movie-goers.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2026
Unable to fix Caroline's problems, Linda endeavors to solve one of her own.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
Princess Kate is patron of Family Action, a national charity that endeavors to help children and families recover from trauma.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
Nevertheless, the entire team always endeavors to make everyone's stay as pleasant as possible.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endeavors
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Harley’s been much more noticeable in this series and, again, has excellent underlying numbers — his 23 shot attempts are second only to Heiskanen, and his nine shots on goal are second only to Robertson.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Previous attempts at extracting uranium ions have relied on a passive system in which adsorbents remain stationary and wait for uranium ions to pass through them for trapping.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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Every man and woman who labors in the construction industry deserves that.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
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Justice Kagan has sometimes been viewed as a strategist rather than a polemicist, who tries to forge agreements with the Court’s more moderate conservative members.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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Police say Suleiman was referred in 2020 to the government’s Prevent program, which tries to steer individuals away from extremism.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
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Does this mean those pop-goes-punk comp albums are coming back?—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
13 Apr. 2026
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Except then there’s the chance of being FUNNELED, placed on the rails and headed for a very specific destination, instead of the OPEN-WORLD anything-goes of traditional D&D.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Anticipated state struggles to regulate foreign apps is why a federal ban would be preferable, 19th News reported.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
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In addition to his family situation as a child, Horner's lawyers have presented evidence about his autism diagnosis, struggles with mental health, lead exposure and issues with his brain development in order to convince the jury to sentence him to life in prison instead of death row.—
Steven Rosenbaum,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Add in Michael’s goth love interest, Star (Maria Wirries), and the musical strives to capture some of the cult appeal of the source musical, the plot of which David Hornsby and Chris Hoch’s book follows closely with one notable change.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Eurovision contest strives to put pop music before politics but has repeatedly been embroiled in world events.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Drip irrigation also works well for containers.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026
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One genius in the room works for OpenAI, a company currently valued at $852 billion.—
Neil Senturia,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Endeavors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endeavors. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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