aggressive pursuit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofaggressiveandpursuit
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aggressive
adjective
uk/əˈɡres.ɪv/us/əˈɡres.ɪv/
showing anger and a willingness to attack ...
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pursuit
noun
uk/pəˈsjuːt/us/pɚˈsuːt/
an activity that you spend time doing, usually when you are ...
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(Definition ofaggressiveandpursuitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In addition, theaggressivepursuitof trade liberalisation by the military government after 1976 led to a sharp contraction of the industrial labour force.
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The novel presents a number of examples of how theaggressivepursuitof wealth and position is equivalent to the pursuit of blood.
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First, unconventional therapies have made more inroads into biomedicine for this class of conventional diseases than for most others, in part, because of oncologists'aggressivepursuitof adjunctive therapies (11).
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They challenge us to consider, as contemporaries did, whether theaggressivepursuitof things western always strengthened non-western political orders, or opened them to unexpected new weaknesses.
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It was theaggressivepursuitof cheap money to which we objected.
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What is needed is anaggressivepursuitof new markets and exhaustive market research.
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Aggressivepursuitof these fines and fees can double collections in some areas.
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Mercantilism can be seen as the economic justification of theaggressivepursuitof the national interest.
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Women were depicted as incomplete without a male, but the genre discouraged theaggressivepursuitof men or any behaviors that smacked of promiscuity.
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Theaggressivepursuitof natural resources, including coal, timber, salt, iron, and clay took its toll on the watershed from the mid-19th century until well into the 20th century.
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Should the player be stopped by a guard, they may wipe their bounty with gold or jail time, or may resist arrest which will trigger anaggressivepursuit.
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Her aggressive pursuits in this area are chronicled in the four books of memoirs and one novel she had published.
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