in pursuit of
idiom
: in order to achieve (something)
He would do anything in pursuit of wealth and fame.
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Kernel and other restaurants are experimenting with robots not only in pursuit of efficiency, but because the industry is facing a chronic labor shortage.
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024
Target Staging Fish Though some bass stay shallow year-round, the majority move to deeper water in the winter in pursuit of food.
—Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2024
The extent to which a partnership with a for-profit corporation, in pursuit of research and development in an expensive and resource intensive area of technology like AI, is de facto against the public interest—or the interest of humanity—is an open question.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Sweeping down through the country in pursuit of the killers, the RPA encountered a slaughter bench whose victims included many of the soldiers’ friends and families.
—Jonathan M. Hansen, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
Like Garcia, Uihlein is also in pursuit of his first individual LIV title.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2024
What has remained steadfast throughout history is our ability to ultimately unite in pursuit of a common purpose.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
Then, in 1996, in pursuit of larger venues in larger markets across the U.S., NASCAR took its Cup date from the speedway.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2024
Episode 5 of The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live featured Andrew Lincoln’s Rick and Danai Gurira’s Michonne on the run from — and then in pursuit of — Pollyanna McIntosh’s Jadis.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2024
Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024
Target Staging Fish Though some bass stay shallow year-round, the majority move to deeper water in the winter in pursuit of food.
—Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2024
The extent to which a partnership with a for-profit corporation, in pursuit of research and development in an expensive and resource intensive area of technology like AI, is de facto against the public interest—or the interest of humanity—is an open question.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Sweeping down through the country in pursuit of the killers, the RPA encountered a slaughter bench whose victims included many of the soldiers’ friends and families.
—Jonathan M. Hansen, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
Like Garcia, Uihlein is also in pursuit of his first individual LIV title.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2024
What has remained steadfast throughout history is our ability to ultimately unite in pursuit of a common purpose.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
Then, in 1996, in pursuit of larger venues in larger markets across the U.S., NASCAR took its Cup date from the speedway.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2024
Episode 5 of The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live featured Andrew Lincoln’s Rick and Danai Gurira’s Michonne on the run from — and then in pursuit of — Pollyanna McIntosh’s Jadis.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2024
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“In pursuit of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20pursuit%20of. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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