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• “we endeavor to make our customers happy“

Synonyms

• endeavor attempt by employing effort; a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
• endeavour attempt by employing effort; a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

• “straining our ears to hear“

Synonyms

• reach the limits within which something can be effective; an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: “the range of a supersonic jet”; the act of physically reaching or thrusting out ; the limit of capability; reach a destination, either real or abstract; reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; move forward or upward in order to touch; be in or establish communication with; to gain with effort; to extend as far as; reach a goal; place into the hands or custody of; to exert much effort or energy
• strain to exert much effort or energy; test the limits of; use to the utmost; separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; become stretched or tense or taut; remove by passing through a filter; rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; alter the shape of (something) by stress; (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces ; difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress; a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); the general meaning or substance of an utterance; an effortful attempt to attain a goal ; an intense or violent exertion ; the act of singing