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striving

[strahy-ving] / ˈstraɪ vɪŋ /
NOUN
attempt
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The Cboe Treasury Note Yield 10 Year Index is striving for its first four-week winning streak today, which would be its first in 11 months.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Once that happened, the poor pastors—social and theological outsiders in a kingdom that was striving for a unified Prussian church—were doomed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

It seems that every year the thing I’m missing and striving toward is to be outside more.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Suleyman and Microsoft are striving to build unique expertise in the ultracompetitive world of generative AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

When the pale but striving sun has lifted the gray morning mist, Count Durufle and the bishop arrive.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein