pursuit
the act of pursuing: in pursuit of the fox.
an effort to secure or attain; quest: the pursuit of happiness.
any occupation, pastime, or the like, in which a person is engaged regularly or customarily: literary pursuits.
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How to use pursuit in a sentence
In turn, car manufacturers have stepped up their pursuit of online sales.
‘Amazon is a brand play for us’: How Buick is building a long-term partnership around Amazon’s ad business | Seb Joseph | September 10, 2020 | DigidayRegardless, the history of these kind of cases offers a hopeful track record that points to how merely the pursuit of anticompetitive business practices helps restore competition.
Every individual is different, and can end up with varying problems in their pursuit of fat loss.
Julia Roberts played Brockovich and memorably portrayed the young legal assistant’s dogged pursuit of details, a trait that ultimately resulted in a $333 million settlement from the power company, the largest direct-action settlement in history.
Despite how useful it is, applying bioleaching to e-waste has mostly been an academic pursuit.
We’re Using Microbes to Clean Up Toxic Electronic Waste. Here’s How | Sebastien Farnaud | August 20, 2020 | Singularity Hub
When I tried to persuade him to drop the title The Short Night, I proposed calling the picture pursuit.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYet, in pursuit of that ‘great revival of art,’ his anxiety, depression, and overall health began to deteriorate.
Decoding Vincent Van Gogh’s Tempestuous, Fragile Mind | Nick Mafi | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWas it Shakespeare, in mad pursuit of a lovely boy and that voluptuous Dark Lady?
Sor Juana: Mexico’s Most Erotic Poet and Its Most Dangerous Nun | Katie Baker | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe cops suspended the high-speed pursuit lest some innocent be killed.
Did the Amber Lynn Coplin Murder Photos Sicken the Creeps of 4Chan? | Michael Daly | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey say The Guardian has been dragging its feet on the pursuit of NSA-related stories while keeping the Times on a short leash.
Is The Guardian Holding Back The New York Times’ Snowden Stories? | Lloyd Grove | October 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNow this is what we call a "pursuit of knowledge under difficulties" of the most obstinate kind.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousAbout an hour after resuming their walk, the major went off in hot pursuit of an enormous bee, which he saw humming round a bush.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. BallantyneOnly in the pursuit of agriculture can the black man not complain that he is discriminated against on account of his color.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxColonel Guitar concluded to rest his men until morning, and then continue the pursuit.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnThe cheerful hours of easy labor vary but do not destroy the pursuit of pleasure and of recreation.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen Leacock
British Dictionary definitions for pursuit
/ (pəˈsjuːt) /
the act of pursuing, chasing, or striving after
(as modifier): a pursuit plane
an occupation, hobby, or pastime
(in cycling) a race in which the riders set off at intervals along the track and attempt to overtake each other
Origin of pursuit
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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