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striving

noun as in attempt

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“Xinjiang migrant workers must regard the factory as their home and strive to be outstanding employees,” the official said.

Below, we strive to answer some of your queries about what is allowed — and what is safe — in this unusual fall and winter in Washington.

They proved that the outburst of production against Minnesota wasn’t an anomaly and that it’s instead something this team can strive to re-create in games to come.

When I became a border reporter, I strived to go beyond the important but well-covered stories of migrant deaths in the desert, about unauthorized migration and Border Patrol shootings.

To have someone who has confidence in you, someone who believes in what you do, not only as a player but just who you’re striving to become as a person.

It has grown from a rotten root—striving to replace human judgment with detailed dictates.

Any institution striving to examine such an iconic figure would find formidable challenges.

But they are striving “to shine bright like a diamond” and be happy, and we love them for it.

Nowadays tech developers are constantly striving to create the most integrated, streamlined consumer experience possible.

People with eating disorders can become competitive and perfectionistic, striving to be the “thinnest” in any group of sufferers.

Willoughby leaped from the walls, crossed the river, and met his death while striving to reach Meerut.

I was striving to remember how the story went, when a slight sound outside caught my ear.

They went out of the darkness together and came back to the Earth, Leo very silent, and the Girl striving to cheer him.

So the clouded day broke sullenly, with gusts of warm rain and red gleams of a sun striving to disperse the mists.

And being devoid of ambition, and striving not toward accomplishment, she drew satisfaction from the work in itself.

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On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to striving, such as: conation, and conatus.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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