Meaning & use
Striving
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Great effort made to achieve or obtain something.
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Her constant striving for perfection often left her exhausted.
Years of striving finally paid off when he was promoted to director.
A note on using this word
Functions both as the present participle of 'strive' and as a standalone noun describing sustained effort.
Words with a similar meaning
effortendeavor
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