as in efforts
the active use of energy in producing a result
the number of blueberries that we were finding was hardly worth the exertion
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Phillips has his cast strain for effect, but neither the script nor the filming rises to their exertions.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Exertions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exertions. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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