without success
idiom
: without achieving what one tried to do : unsuccessfully
He tried to repair the engine but without success.
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Annabelle Gordon | Reuters Trump for months has demanded, without success so far, that the central bank cut interest rates.
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
By the time many accounts reach MRP, the creditor has already invested significant internal resources, phone calls, emails, and even legal letters, without success.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Mayer suffered the injury on a swing during Boston’s July 23 game in Philadelphia and after receiving the shot attempted to resume baseball activities without success.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
Thus far, the White House’s cost-cutting and revenue-raising initiatives haven’t been without success.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
By the time many accounts reach MRP, the creditor has already invested significant internal resources, phone calls, emails, and even legal letters, without success.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Mayer suffered the injury on a swing during Boston’s July 23 game in Philadelphia and after receiving the shot attempted to resume baseball activities without success.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
Thus far, the White House’s cost-cutting and revenue-raising initiatives haven’t been without success.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for without success
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“Without success.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20success. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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