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What does pursuit mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of pursuing.
  2. A hobby or recreational activity, done regularly.
  3. (cycling) A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponents.
  4. (law, obsolete) prosecution
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Here every man, eschewing the pursuit of private interest, would devote himself to the common weal.
And, in its own way, this pursuit is what makes every day exciting and challenging.
One trader along the border of what are today South Africa and Botswana employed 400 African hunters in the pursuit of rhino horn.
Accompanied by spindly psychic Matthew Lillard, he comes to a grisly end in pursuit of his latest quarry.
His scientific career was a pursuit of the understanding of every aspect of the water cycle.
In pursuit of this passion, all have put themselves through a rigid training course to qualify as pyrotechnicians.

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