attempts 1 of 2

plural of attempt

attempts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of attempt
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
Noun
But what fleeting experiments the band attempts don’t gel into much. — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2026 The 2026 second-round pick out of Louisville converted his first three 3-point attempts, at a stage the rest of his teammates were 4 of 14 from beyond the arc. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026 One in ten financial institutions experienced more than 10,000 fraud attempts in 2024 alone, according to Alloy, spanning synthetic identities, account takeovers and credential theft. — Jess Turner, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026 The Lakers opened this game on their garish yellow tournament court by missing their first 15 3-point attempts into the second quarter. — ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026 When someone already has your workplace information, finding additional personal details may make harassment or impersonation attempts easier. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026 In recent years, lawmakers in Tallahassee have made several attempts to abolish the districts outright, though none has succeeded. — Beth Kassab, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026 Ukraine still controls key stronghold cities in the Donbas and has refused to give up this land, arguing Putin may be eyeing not just a public relations success but a powerful launchpad for future invasion attempts. — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2026 The new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opened at the end of September in South Los Angeles, after a more than eight-year construction process and failed attempts by the Star Wars creator who funded it to site it in Chicago or San Francisco. — Nicholas Clairmont, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2026
Verb
After he has been removed, Serena attempts to rally everyone into holding their heads high, despite the mishaps. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026 Reuters reported the story first, noting that the hacker used a combination of Claude and DeepSeek over several weeks, starting in late September, to completely outsource the intrusion attempts to AI agents. — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 6 Nov. 2026 Senior forward Kiera Pemberton downed 9 of 11 field goal attempts and led USD with 22 points and added seven rebounds. — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026 Tulane transfer Patrick Durkin is 11 of 12 while Oklahoma’s Tate Sandell, a first-team All-America in 2025, has converted just 12-of-18 attempts this season. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026 With anxieties rising across the land, the couple’s relationship begins to fracture when Sovieshu falls in love with runaway slave Rashta (Lee Seyoung) and attempts to move heaven and earth to win her heart. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026 These duplications rarely delay individual projects and can remain hidden until the organization attempts to scale across dozens of use cases. — Preeti Singh, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026 This month, the council held a nine-hour hearing to debate tax proposals, including the BAT, as the council attempts to mitigate budget shortfalls for fiscal year 2028. — Irit Skulnik, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026 Haredi political parties, however, are key potential coalition members as Netanyahu attempts to secure his political future. — Hannah Ridge, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attempts
Noun
  • Butker was wide right, his fifth miss in seven tries from 50-plus yards this season.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Their best chance to win the game came with the football nestled inside the 5-yard line for four tries, with three of those tries from the 1.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Monday's attacks on a shelter and former school with bunker-busting bombs came as people were lined up for aid in Komyshuvakha, a village in the Zaporizhzhia region.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Russia ramped up its aerial attacks on towns and cities across the country over the summer, striking at all times of the day.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • UConn Women’s Basketball is proud to play in our Basketball is for Everyone Pride game and strives for a culture of inclusion and equity.
    — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026
  • What follows is a tale of love, lust and regret that threatens the fate of an entire empire as Navier strives to reclaim her power.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The Arch Fit Arcade sneakers are a goes-with-everything pick that offers plenty of support without looking like orthotics.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 23 Oct. 2026
  • As far as co-op puzzle-solving goes, Orbitals doesn’t reinvent the wheel.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Moscow showed no signs of letting up its aerial assaults elsewhere.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Elsewhere, Moscow showed no signs of letting up its aerial assaults.
    — Susie Blann, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The track’s watery percussion and acute synth stabs carry all the implication of a dancefloor, even without a beat.
    — Shaad D’Souza, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Morales Garcia was found face up on the bedroom floor with about 40 stabs wounds to her head and body, mostly to her back, prosecutors said.
    — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 29 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • After the raids ramped up in January, tens of thousands of former workers ended up in the capital, Phnom Penh, many sleeping in the streets.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • American bombers aiming for Nantes’ port hit the city center instead, killing about 1,400 people and destroying more than 700 buildings in two raids.
    — Shahnaz Bashir, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Ukraine can conduct localized offensives but not enough to shift the broader battlefield balance, despite mounting Russian losses.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Only small offensives are possible Ukraine can conduct localized offensives but not enough to shift the broader battlefield balance, despite mounting Russian losses.
    — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

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“Attempts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attempts. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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