as in work
the active use of energy in producing a result
the finished parade float was well worth the effort
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Recent Examples of effort
But his efforts have continued unabated.
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Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Leading the effort is the ATF National Response Team, a specialized rapid-response force that responds to the nation’s highest-profile bombings, explosions and arson, including the 9/11 World Trade Center attack and the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Peaceful inmate efforts for change, including a July 2, 1971, letter detailing grievances, had gone unheeded.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
There is currently no information about the containment efforts for the fire and its cause remains undetermined.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Leading the effort is the ATF National Response Team, a specialized rapid-response force that responds to the nation’s highest-profile bombings, explosions and arson, including the 9/11 World Trade Center attack and the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Peaceful inmate efforts for change, including a July 2, 1971, letter detailing grievances, had gone unheeded.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
There is currently no information about the containment efforts for the fire and its cause remains undetermined.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for effort
Noun
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The researchers noted that torsional loading is not as strongly associated with injury risk as vertical loading, but future work may explore whether improved stroller design or posture cues could mitigate those twisting forces.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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The San Jose region’s faster bounce-back may be attributable in part to an easier commute to work than in San Francisco and the East Bay, and tech campuses with free parking, making in-office work more appealing, the Bay Area Council’s Saisz said.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But the exertion only took him to 40-30.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Prolonged and heavy exertion should also be reduced, the agency says.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The core personal consumption expenditures price index, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, is currently chopping around 3%.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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That’s $2,250 above the national expenditure of $10,590.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Aches and pains don’t compare to the agony of an unrealized dream.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
13 Oct. 2025
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Such pleasurable pains, at their most chronic, or their most carnal, can keep Lang occupied for the length of a stanza.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The latter synthesizes a half-dozen Vincente Minnelli-meets-Marilyn musical numbers, minus the sweat and soul of the originals.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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Summer did a number on our skin (hello, sun and sweat), which makes fall the ideal time to refresh the top shelf of your medicine cabinet.—
Lily Wohlner,
Allure,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Effort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effort. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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