striving

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Wood took his discipline seriously, striving for and achieving the sort of objectivity that became unfashionable in the academy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Stefana disagrees, he says children and young people are spending so much time and money striving towards a look, an aesthetic, that only exists in the digital world, not in reality.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Without any products on the market, Fulcrum Therapeutics had been striving to commercialize its experimental drug for sickle cell disease, but those plans appear to now be on hold.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

And that’s enough of a reason to keep on striving.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

Powell clambered upward in an instinctive striving for better view, till he was standing in unsteady fashion upon his robot’s shoulders.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov