serious effort
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A serious effort to clear away obsolete and counterproductive rules should be central to that agenda.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Learning to move, fight and perform in the 100-plus-pound practical suit from Legacy Effects took serious effort.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Management has suggested that AI compute could become a bottleneck within the next three to four years, implying that any serious effort to address this constraint would need to begin well ahead of that window.”
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
It seems highly unlikely that anyone can, or will make a serious effort to, route around her.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2024
One contingent in Birmingham seemed to make a serious effort to “leave the 1960s” and move forward to justice and equality for all citizens.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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