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effort

[ef-ert] / ˈɛf ərt /


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The EU has focused most of its trade diversification efforts on reaching deals with a range of middle powers.

From The Wall Street Journal

That gums up efforts to get planes out on time.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nike Inc. plans to lay off around 775 people in an effort to make its warehouse and distribution network faster and more automated.

From MarketWatch

An Onset representative said the fraud committed by Patrick James “is simply staggering” and his “effort to recast himself as a victim and shift blame to Onset is nothing more than factually unsupported posturing.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“People have put a lot of effort into lying to me.”

From Literature