The phrase "a decided effort" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize a strong or determined attempt to achieve something.
Example: "She made a decided effort to improve her skills in public speaking."
Alternatives: "a determined effort" or "a strong effort".
After the 1973 war with Israel, there was a decided effort to restrict imports and stimulate exports, but this met with little success.
Finally, I try to make a decided effort not to objectify women, not to address women as just beautiful, but as talented, of great value, diversely necessary for our collective greatness.
Taylor's deciding effort came when he met Jason Richards' free-kick eight yards out and the ball deflected home.
But whoever aligns with Craigslist would get a tremendous boost in visibility and influence and may get a decided advantage in the effort.
A six-month investigation by The New York Times of this chapter in the closest presidential election in modern American history shows that the Republican effort had a decided impact.
A six-month investigation shows that the effort had a decided impact. 1 A turning point for the Democrats came when Senator Joseph I. Lieberman disavowed the party's strategy of seeking the disqualification of flawed overseas ballots.
Last year, McCain cast a deciding vote against a GOP effort to overhaul the Affordable Care Act, prompting repeated recriminations of McCain by Trump.
Although institute officials say money was never a deciding factor in the cleanup efforts, their records raise the financial issue.
A person's fate should be decided by effort, talent and luck, not race, caste, gender or inherited privilege.
But the Obama administration decided that effort cost too much and moved to cancel it and the Ares I last year.
If an avoidant type decides that effort doesn't seem worth it, they might be right: In Girme's study, she and her coauthors used surveys of daily life satisfaction to determine which personality types were happier, in and outside of a relationship.
