as in attempt
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 to strive
to devote serious and sustained effort
the trapped climber endeavored mightily to get the boulder to budge
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as in to attempt
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 endeavor
Matthew Beddingfield, Scientific American, 2 Aug. 2025
Even though there was no formal department, the endeavor became widely known by its acronym DOGE.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025
Andrew Kay, Harpers Magazine, 28 May 2025
Boasberg has still endeavored to press ahead with contempt proceedings, since his order was in effect for some time before the high court lifted it.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2025
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Noun
This endeavor is about cementing the U.S. as a technological superpower, a center for understanding space and our solar system, and in due course, setting us up to be the first to live and work on the moon.
—Matthew Beddingfield, Scientific American, 2 Aug. 2025
Even though there was no formal department, the endeavor became widely known by its acronym DOGE.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025
Verb
This is the icebreaker on the first full day of the twenty-eighth Annual OCD Conference in July 2023, a global summit marshaling together hundreds with the illness and, alongside them, therapists who treat it and researchers who endeavor to grasp it.
—Andrew Kay, Harpers Magazine, 28 May 2025
Boasberg has still endeavored to press ahead with contempt proceedings, since his order was in effect for some time before the high court lifted it.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for endeavor
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A lot has happened since — so much that, in the time between being ordered to series and making it to air, an attempt to revive the channel’s heyday has been left marooned by circumstances beyond its control.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
15 Aug. 2025
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For nearly two weeks, Texas Democrats have stymied Republicans’ attempts to redraw the state’s congressional districts in the middle of the decade by remaining out of state.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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With a holistic view of organizational needs and resources, cognitive tools strive not simply to accelerate existing processes but to develop new approaches in real time to optimize actions across the entire value chain.—
Gurdip Singh,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The series has never strived to be anything more than opulent fluff, but it still gets consistently pilloried for its lack of realism.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
15 Aug. 2025
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Gamble’s order paves the way for The Onion to try yet again to purchase Infowars and its assets.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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His friends at Imperial implored him to keep trying to pursue his case in the U.S.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
15 Aug. 2025
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Serafin pitches Qualtrics as using technology to solve a problem technology created, saying companies now struggle to piece together a coherent picture of their customers across their call centers, apps, websites, text messages, and social media accounts.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Uncertainty on the river creates a planning 'nightmare' The seven states that use the Colorado River are struggling to reach a new agreement restricting their consumption as the river continues shrinking.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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In this way, AI allows PR folks to compare and contrast strategies quickly rather than laboring over a single version.—
Daniel Lotzof,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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In the years since Trump pulled off his shocking upset victory over Hillary Clinton, the Democrats have been laboring under a series of myths about themselves and Trump that have compelled them to continue digging their own graves.—
Isaac Schorr,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
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Life of a crew member Crews of about 20 people and a captain live and work on the ships.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Alt spent 15 minutes after practice working on pass-protection sets with Trey Pipkins, who will move into the starting lineup.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
9 Aug. 2025
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“Endeavor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endeavor. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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