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"stepped-up effort" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It means an increased or intensified effort. You can use it when talking about a situation where more effort is being put in compared to before. Example: In order to improve their sales, the company made a stepped-up effort to advertise their products and offer promotions.
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This stepped-up effort is starting to bear fruit.
He even referred to the stepped-up effort as the "McCain surge".
As part of its stepped-up effort to attract sponsors, the tour is enlisting golfers to help ensure that companies feel as if they're getting their money's worth.
They also said that the subpoena did not reflect a departure from past practice or a stepped-up effort to go after journalists.
One other feature of this year's music season has been a stepped-up effort by the Recording Industry Association of America to combat piracy and bootlegging.
The planned move is part of a stepped-up effort by SCO to get payments from distributors and corporate users of Linux.
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Union leaders assert that those stepped-up efforts are nothing more than crude political retaliation.
There must be stepped-up efforts to attract more high school students to nursing schools.
Concerns about such abuses have led to stepped-up efforts to confront salon owners.
Another challenge will be responding to China's stepped-up efforts to assert its claims to the disputed islands.
In calls with concerned clients, SAC has highlighted its stepped-up efforts in building its legal staff and compliance procedures — an initiative that Mr. Gasthalter reiterated Friday.
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