effortful
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"This is one of the first studies to indicate that animals' behaviors and environments in youth can affect how effortful moving is as adults."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
“The brain is plastic and flexible, and if you put the hours in, it can really take effortful, hard things, and make them easy and less attentionally demanding,” Cox said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The clowning might be a little too effortful.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
I’ll add snappy green beans on the side, finished with a little citrus zest for lift, for a plate that feels balanced, considered and far more effortful than it actually is.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
She smiled at him as they hauled themselves up it—a brief flash of teeth, effortful but gallant—and tried to wring the water from her clothes.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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