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endeavor

mastery

UK /ɪnˈdɛv.ə/ US /ɛnˈdɛv.ɚ/verbnoun

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What does 'endeavors' mean in this sentence?

He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.