1
as in tries
an effort to do or accomplish something
it took several attempts before we made good ice cream with an old-fashioned hand-cranked ice cream freezer
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as in attacks
the act or action of setting upon with force or violence
several attempts on the life of the country's chief drug enforcement official
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as in strives
to make an effort to do
after attempting—and failing—to start the lawn mower on my own, I finally succeeded with a neighbor's help don't even attempt walking on your broken foot
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Recent Examples of attempts
Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Another person advised the woman to keep a record of all her ex-boyfriend’s attempts to contact her amid the dispute over the necklace.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
The film looks at a former Israeli general and his attempts to rescue his family during the October 7 attacks.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Sep. 2025
Kasaun Graham rushed for 66 yards on 10 attempts, including a 4-yard TD in the fourth quarter.
—Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
Ohtani has recorded 18 steals on 24 attempts.
—Data Skrive, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
And the algicide attempts may not have worked because the biomass of blue-green algae was just too large for effects to be detected.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Green’s rushing yards were the most by an Arkansas quarterback since Mark Calcagni ran for 160 yards on 22 attempts out of the Flexbone during a 30-15 victory at Rice in 1985.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
The Comeback follows Kudrow, now 62, as a sitcom star whose fame has faded away and attempts to document her return to entertainment and acting in a new sitcom titled Room and Bored on a reality television series called The Comeback.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
The blinking red light is obviously kicker Matt Gay, who missed field goal attempts from 58 and 52 yards Thursday.
—Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Borregales has missed four kicks, while Romo promptly nailed six kicks Sunday, including 5-for-5 on field goal attempts for the Atlanta Falcons.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
The experience has also underscored the importance of social media in Nepal, as well as the consequences of government attempts to control the flow of online information.
—Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
Once deployed, the system rapidly determines where to search, how to configure its sensors, and how to respond when a submarine attempts evasive maneuvers such as zigzagging, going silent, or deploying decoys, the South China Morning Post reports.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Bourne attempts to help Simon Ross (Paddy Considine), an English journalist who claims to have information about Blackbriar, Treadstone’s successor program, but succeeds only in getting CIA assassins on their tails.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2025
Similarly, some attempts to use algicides also proved ineffective.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
However, the move is not going as planned with Hungary and Slovakia resisting attempts to wean their economies of Russian oil.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Another person advised the woman to keep a record of all her ex-boyfriend’s attempts to contact her amid the dispute over the necklace.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
The film looks at a former Israeli general and his attempts to rescue his family during the October 7 attacks.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Sep. 2025
Kasaun Graham rushed for 66 yards on 10 attempts, including a 4-yard TD in the fourth quarter.
—Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
Ohtani has recorded 18 steals on 24 attempts.
—Data Skrive, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
And the algicide attempts may not have worked because the biomass of blue-green algae was just too large for effects to be detected.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Green’s rushing yards were the most by an Arkansas quarterback since Mark Calcagni ran for 160 yards on 22 attempts out of the Flexbone during a 30-15 victory at Rice in 1985.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
Eagles win feisty Super Bowl rematch The Kansas City Chiefs’ attempts to avenge their Super Bowl loss to the Philadelphia Eagles essentially ended with a mic drop.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
The Comeback follows Kudrow, now 62, as a sitcom star whose fame has faded away and attempts to document her return to entertainment and acting in a new sitcom titled Room and Bored on a reality television series called The Comeback.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
The blinking red light is obviously kicker Matt Gay, who missed field goal attempts from 58 and 52 yards Thursday.
—Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Borregales has missed four kicks, while Romo promptly nailed six kicks Sunday, including 5-for-5 on field goal attempts for the Atlanta Falcons.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
The experience has also underscored the importance of social media in Nepal, as well as the consequences of government attempts to control the flow of online information.
—Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
Once deployed, the system rapidly determines where to search, how to configure its sensors, and how to respond when a submarine attempts evasive maneuvers such as zigzagging, going silent, or deploying decoys, the South China Morning Post reports.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Bourne attempts to help Simon Ross (Paddy Considine), an English journalist who claims to have information about Blackbriar, Treadstone’s successor program, but succeeds only in getting CIA assassins on their tails.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2025
Similarly, some attempts to use algicides also proved ineffective.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attempts
Noun
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How To Play Wordle Wordle is a daily word puzzle game where your goal is to guess a hidden five-letter word in six tries or fewer.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Sporting Kansas City has won one game in its last nine tries.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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Democrats like Bell continue to defend Israel from progressive attacks.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Terrorists expanded their use of the internet for a wide range of activities, including planning attacks, radicalization and recruitment, propaganda dissemination, and fundraising.—
Richard Frankel,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Despite the glitz and glam of her showbiz career, Sweeney strives to keep her feet on the ground amid her growing It Girl status.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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An assertive Iran has been especially a thorn in the side of Saudi Arabia, which strives to be the dominant Muslim majority power in the region.—
David Mednicoff,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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These nation-wide country-goes-city celebrations of agricultural bounty, mechanical innovations and skilled handcrafts have been drawing crowds since the first fair was held in upstate New York in 1841.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Earlier this month, a federal judge determined that some of the military's actions in support of ICE, including establishing protective perimeters during raids, constituted law enforcement and thus were against the law.—
Alex Horton,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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But immigration authorities may still obtain criminal warrants in some cases, like during large-scale workplace raids, including the recent operation at a Hyundai megaplant in Georgia, according to Kuck.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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That did actually happen, but Van Sant and screenwriter Austin Kolodny make some additional stabs at turning Fred into the spine of the picture, structuring the movie around his broadcasts — a filmmaking convention that doesn’t really bring anything new to this particular story.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 Sep. 2025
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Shorter sci-fi stabs meet surging upward flourishes which also link Believe stylistically to disco and Hi-NRG, associating the track with certain gay subcultural histories.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This coalesces and makes sense of the barrage of assaults designed to undermine Americans’ trust in our country, our Constitution and all the principles upon which it was built.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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These smears are contributing to our ICE law enforcement officers facing 1,000 percent increase in assaults against them.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Sunday’s strikes involved 823 drones and missiles and killed four people, including a mother and baby.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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And a belief long voiced by many in the region of Israel’s intention to sabotage peace talks has only been fortified by Tuesday’s strikes.—
Paula Hancocks,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Attempts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attempts. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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