strifes

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A form of strife — Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of strife

    His mind seemed older than theirs: it shone coldly on their strifes and happiness and regrets like a moon upon a younger earth.

    1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
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