in pursuit of
idiom
: in order to achieve (something)
He would do anything in pursuit of wealth and fame.
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Each celebrity is paired with a professional dancer and will perform a new routine weekly in pursuit of the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.
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Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Advertisement But when Episode 10 ended with Conrad boarding a plane to Paris in pursuit of Belly, fans began gearing up for a dramatic—and possibly heartbreaking—finale.
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If true, this could imply that OpenAI is relocating a portion of its inference operations away from Nvidia GPUs, likely in pursuit of improved efficiency and reduced costs.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Donnell is currently enrolled in the fourth year of his high school’s Teaching as a Profession pathway and working towards completing his practicum hours at Christiana Middle School in pursuit of his goal to become a middle school social studies teacher.
—Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 15 Sep. 2025
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Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Advertisement But when Episode 10 ended with Conrad boarding a plane to Paris in pursuit of Belly, fans began gearing up for a dramatic—and possibly heartbreaking—finale.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
If true, this could imply that OpenAI is relocating a portion of its inference operations away from Nvidia GPUs, likely in pursuit of improved efficiency and reduced costs.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Donnell is currently enrolled in the fourth year of his high school’s Teaching as a Profession pathway and working towards completing his practicum hours at Christiana Middle School in pursuit of his goal to become a middle school social studies teacher.
—Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 15 Sep. 2025
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“In pursuit of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20pursuit%20of. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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