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as in striving
to devote serious and sustained effort
the trapped climber endeavored mightily to get the boulder to budge
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as in trying
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 endeavoring
According to a synopsis, the book sees Mickey endeavoring to help the wrongly accused.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Feb. 2026
Beyond endeavoring to sleep and also muscle through the day while the sun is bright overhead, the most challenging part for Mehta was the first day of sled pulling when her team moved from Vinson Base Camp to Low Camp.
—Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Motte is also endeavoring to hone how the teams operate with more agility in the age of virality.
—Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 28 Jan. 2026
Or is the takeaway that there is always value in endeavoring to cultivate some form of consensus – no matter how small – over whether certain lines can never be crossed?
—B.b. Blaber, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
Skilled forgers started to catch on, endeavoring to cash in on that development.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
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
Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Feb. 2026
Beyond endeavoring to sleep and also muscle through the day while the sun is bright overhead, the most challenging part for Mehta was the first day of sled pulling when her team moved from Vinson Base Camp to Low Camp.
—Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Motte is also endeavoring to hone how the teams operate with more agility in the age of virality.
—Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 28 Jan. 2026
Or is the takeaway that there is always value in endeavoring to cultivate some form of consensus – no matter how small – over whether certain lines can never be crossed?
—B.b. Blaber, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
Skilled forgers started to catch on, endeavoring to cash in on that development.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
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
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As is often true of an Allbee play, cracks in the veneer open into chasms of striving, desire, betrayal and raw revelation.—
Steven Winn,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
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Unlike Apollo, which focused on fast flags and footprints in a breakneck race against the Soviet Union, Artemis is striving for a sustainable moon base elaborate enough to satisfy even the most hard-core science fiction fans.—
Marcia Dunn,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Parents, guardians, aunts and uncles don't have time to read every book on the shelf while trying to pick something for the young reader in their life, so here are some simple ways to determine if a book is suitable for that child.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Wolfe countered that his client was merely trying to settle the case.—
Bri Buckley,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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That took hundreds of people within Apple laboring over technical details like the screen’s lamination and moisture rejection, according to a former Apple engineering leader.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
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Montiel, 62, said Chavez’s legacy continues to reverberate as the union has pushed for improved working conditions for people laboring in extreme heat, at times without adequate breaks or water.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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With a hundred and forty-one residential projects in development and twenty thousand new residents projected for the neighborhood by 2035, the city is attempting to reproduce the idea at building scale.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Williams gave up a leadoff single to Chapman — who was thrown out attempting to steal second — but then gave up only a harmless single to Heliot Ramos before closing it out.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Kazan, struggling to find a local cinematographer whose work appealed to him, lucked into hiring a living legend.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Acquired before last year’s trade deadline from the Colorado Rockies, Bird was quickly demoted after struggling in his initial Yankee stint.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2026
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This was, according to the charter, arguably the moment when OpenAI might stop competing with other companies and start working with them.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Eco effort This property honors the land around it, working with it and integrating its lava rock wherever possible.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Endeavoring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endeavoring. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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