Meaning of 追求 in Japanese

Many women pursue higher education and careers, thus delaying marriage and childbirth.

Human beings, whether they realise it or not, continually seek happiness.

However, in general, it seems that the Emperors had continued without seeking worldly power.

Brokers struggling to make a profit don't always play by the book.

I want to spend rest of the life pursuing my ideals.

I am in pursuit of points.

His was a life pursuing social status and power.

Women's rights groups are going after sexual harassment.

This debate about the future of the ozone layer has been mostly about profits and politics.

Rows of houses, each of them different and pleasing with their spacious gardens, are replaced by purely functional blocks of flats which have nothing more to commend them than over-praised 'modern conveniences'.