genuine effort

collocation in English

meaningsofgenuineandeffort

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genuine
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒen.ju.ɪn/us
/ˈdʒen.ju.ɪn/
If something is genuine, it is real and exactly what it appears ...
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effort
noun
uk
/ˈef.ət/us
/ˈef.ɚt/
physical or mental activity needed to ...
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(Definition ofgenuineandeffortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This constitutes a moral imperative in anygenuineeffortat cultural competency.
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Surely, if it was agenuineeffortto solve agricultural difficulties, more than a paltry eight pages would be devoted to education and research.
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It is a matter in which he has made a verygenuineeffortto find a sensible answer to a difficult problem.
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A verygenuineeffortwas made here to control costs, but the complexities of the project, it is now claimed, had been seriously underestimated.
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They show that somegenuineeffortis being made to deal with the matter.
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But at least it appears agenuineeffortto revive investment.
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There has been agenuineeffort, however, by those engaged in the production of newspapers to meet the present emergency.
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This is agenuineeffortto seek understanding.
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This time we want to know whether a reallygenuineeffortis going to be made.
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There was agenuineeffortto take those factors into account.
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There must be agenuineeffortto investigate the cases of missing persons.
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But we will make agenuineeffortto work towards a more normal relationship.
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There does seem to be agenuineeffortbeing made to find a way forward on this matter.
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It concerns the two cases of delivery by mistake to the wrong address and in substitution in agenuineeffortto satisfy the customer.
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I very much hope that this proposal will be accepted by the nurses as agenuineefforton our part to reach agreement.
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Is there to be agenuineeffortto reduce energy costs?
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I think they have made agenuineeffortto meet the different interests concerned.
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This is agenuineeffortto deal with some areas which otherwise might be faced with a very steep increase of rates at once.
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Agenuineeffortwas made to reach common ground.
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If there were agenuineeffortto find tenants, tenants would be forthcoming.
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