The phrase "a growing pursuit" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an activity or interest that is increasingly being sought after or engaged in over time.
Example: "In recent years, sustainable living has become a growing pursuit among many individuals and communities."
Alternatives: "an increasing interest" or "a rising endeavor".
Barry Diller, chairman and chief executive of USA Interactive, said of Mr. Miller, "In the many years I've worked with him, I've known that not only is he one of the brightest thinkers, but that he has had a growing interest in more entrepreneurial pursuits".
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By the time "I Spy" went off the air, in 1968, Cosby had become one of the biggest names in Hollywood, tending to a growing number of miscellaneous pursuits.
On Thursday a commentary carried by the official Xinhua news agency described Obama's visit "a carefully calculated scheme to cage the rapidly developing Asian giant", adding that "the pomp and circumstance Obama receives … cannot conceal the fact that Tokyo has become a growing liability to Washington's pursuit of long-term interests".
"Why the rush?" But a growing number of climbers defend the pursuit as just another facet of a sport in which speed can mean the difference between reaching a summit before nightfall and being stuck on cliff overnight.
The Administration's aggressive criminal pursuit of sources contributes to a growing climate of hostility toward journalists.
Pandemic cholera reached Iran for the first of many times in 1821, assisted by Britain's territorial expansion and growing commercial pursuits.
There also seems to me to be an element of pride or even snobbery at work here, linked to the fact that book-reading is seen as an increasingly elevated pursuit in a world growing willfully illiterate.
Digital espionage in these countries, security experts say, is a real and growing threat — whether in pursuit of confidential government information or corporate trade secrets.
