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Recent Examples of abortive Brat Summer, last year’s abortive attempt to turn the screechy Charli XCX album of that name into a culture-spanning event, has given way to a season without name or form. Armin Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2025 In the abortive March 2022 draft deals, Russia even expressed a willingness to return to preinvasion lines. Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2025 Despite being hurt by a number of abortive early stabs at voice recognition in decades gone by, voice recognition when done well can actually provide a uniquely direct way of accessing content and features on modern TVs. John Archer, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 Nove dissected key episodes in Soviet economic history, from the New Economic Policy of the 1920s and farm collectivization in the 1930s to the heavy industry drive and abortive economic reforms under Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, and other Soviet leaders. Barry Eichengreen, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022 See All Example Sentences for abortive
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Adjective
  • The pose Harris struck and held through her unsuccessful 2024 campaign for the White House is called the good soldier.
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Now, after years of mostly unsuccessful efforts to eliminate windows from cabins, one luxury jet maker appears to be on the verge of doing just that.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The rest of the industry wants to emulate this success, but as many editors know, chasing a trend can be a futile endeavor.
    Rebecca Ackermann, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2025
  • At least one company ended the workday early, figuring any attempts to get employees back on track would be futile.
    Kristen Parisi, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025

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