Effort and Speculation

Effort

Effort noun - The active use of energy in producing a result.

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Speculation and effort are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Speculation" instead a noun "Effort".

Speculation noun - A risky undertaking.

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Effort and speculation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Effort" instead a noun "Speculation".

considerable	considerable effort	considerable speculation
genuine	genuine effort	genuine speculation
real	real effort	real speculation
successful	successful effort	successful speculation
Other adjectives: massive, great, intense, serious, enormous, personal, desperate, last, ongoing.

But there has been much speculation, study and effort to find the original man, probably some outlandish fiction too.

Source: Original Man
Although there was never a clear plot (which spawned so much fan speculation and theory on what the heck is going on), the ending just pretty much leaves you feeling that you did all that effort of finding all the different effects for nothing.

Source: A Winner Is You
The Serpent Nebula around the Citadel is a regular pea-souper which obscures the massive station for a dramatic reveal as you fly in - and is therefore noted as being blatantly artificial, and the subject of much speculation as to why someone would go to so much effort to keep it that way.

Source: Space Clouds

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