effort
Example Sentences
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The EU has focused most of its trade diversification efforts on reaching deals with a range of middle powers.
That gums up efforts to get planes out on time.
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.”
“People have put a lot of effort into lying to me.”
From Literature
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