pursuit

Example Sentences

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Historically, college functioned as a means—a vehicle by which students acquired knowledge and skills in pursuit of a specific future career.

From The Wall Street Journal

The failed pursuit of Semenyo is proof United are no longer the draw they once were.

From BBC

These experimental results offer new physical insight into how the long-standing density barrier in tokamak operation might be broken in the pursuit of fusion ignition.

From Science Daily

Police arrived, and as they attempted to arrest him, he took off running and there was a pursuit on foot.

From Los Angeles Times

"New Zealand stands with the Venezuelan people in their pursuit of a fair, democratic and prosperous future," he said in a statement.

From Barron's