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research effort

n. an attempt to solve some problem through research

Usage examples of "research effort".

Moertopo would be joining his men in the city of Hakodate, far to the north in Hokkaido, where the research effort had been transferred.

It was at this time, for example, that a UK government-sponsored study of the future of Al led to the conclusion that its promise had been much overstated, and the British research effort in the area was drastically scaled down.

Even if the news does event ually leak out, it would take an immense research effort to produce it again, if we ever could.

In 1992 this notoriety led to an offer from the Director of the National Center for Human Genome Research for Joe to lead a human genome research effort in the Boston area for the National Institute of Health.

We had hoped for so much more, but no research effort in any other nation has done better than the NIH and the CDC Taskforce.

He'd initiated the research effort in the knowledge that he'd get all or most of this information, but even so, here was in a single day more information than ten people in the field could have gathered--at considerable risk of exposure--in a week.

He'd initiated the research effort in the knowledge that he'd get all or most of this information, but even so, here was in a single day more information than ten people in the field could have gathered—.

Karl Brohier was on his way back to Columbus to begin ramping up the research effort.

We had to locate a new site for an even bigger laboratory, to house an even bigger research effort.

The federal research effort was still vast in scope, and had been growing steadily despite the steadily growing federal deficits.

The Alliance hadn't put as much effort into helicopters as the Draka, and the Domination had captured most of the German research effort as well.

It was all crazy, no way to run a railroad, much less a huge research effort.