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pursued
[ per-sood ]
adjective
- followed by a person or animal wishing to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chased:
Dogs' keen sense of smell and hunting instinct make it difficult for a pursued animal to escape.
- being the goal or purpose that motivates a person’s striving or effort:
Every phrase in the document has been carefully weighed to serve the pursued objective.
- carried on or continued:
Going from one university to another for short stays might be less beneficial than a steadily pursued course at one place.
- practiced, as an occupation, pastime, etc.:
Whether as a hobby or as a career, music and dance have always been among the most highly pursued performing arts.
- studied or discussed over some time:
This publication focuses on the long pursued question of best timing for orthodontic treatment.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of pursue ( def ).
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ·ܰ·ܱ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pursued1
Example Sentences
It's a likeness he has rejected but then the Coalition pursued policies that seemed to have been borrowed from the Trump administration.
The Biden-era Department of Labor pursued some shocking cases of child labor violations, including third-party cleaning contractors that had minors working on overnight shifts at meat and poultry processing plants.
News outlets reported in 2021 that prosecutors aggressively pursued communications data from reporters in an effort to identify their sources.
“I think that the policies that the president has pursued are basically sound,” Humphrey replied.
The university will seek additional public funding under the new scheme, which would also see further cost reductions pursued and a new operating model put into place.
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