TRIES Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

tries 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of try

as in stretches

to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress you're trying my patience

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as in attempts

to make an effort to do try to unlock the door will try to call later tonight

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tries

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noun

plural of try

as in goes

an effort to do or accomplish something was granted another try at the field goal

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Recent Examples of tries

Verb

The company tries to make that connection real by inviting people in. — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026 Arriving a week before Christmas, Mark halfheartedly tries to pull together a celebration for Bobby, but fate intervenes when the Seversons meet the Kringles, a family that celebrates the holiday year-round. — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026 That same bloc will now have 53 – and that is a significant loss, no matter how Netanyahu tries to spin this as a victory. — Dov Waxman, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026 But while Eisenkot tries to cobble together a coalition, Netanyahu has options of his own, his supporters say. — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2026 In between setups, Baranski tries to keep her energy up, scrunching her face and blowing her lips together to keep them elastic. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2026 After a brutal first season at the helm that included five losses by at least 30 points, Buzz Williams tries to get things righted at Maryland. — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 Seventy thousand law enforcement officers, along with helicopters, armored vehicles and water cannons, will be deployed across France as President Emmanuel Macron’s government tries to ward off another weekend of violent protests. — Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Set in their modest ways, the couple tries to settle into their lives in Norway, having moved there after the death of Mihai’s parents to be closer to Lisbet’s family. — Tomris Laffly, Time, 23 Oct. 2026

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Butker was wide right, his fifth miss in seven tries from 50-plus yards this season. — 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 The Sixers’ only loss (in four tries) is to Detroit, with wins over New York, Cleveland and Milwaukee. — Dan Woike, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Craig made an inaccurate throw on second down and the drive stalled, forcing McCashland, who hit 39- and 37-yard tries, into a longer attempt. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026 Edwards had 18 in that burst, while Miami missed on 11 of 12 3-point tries. — CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 For example, using a quantum computer to break the current RSA-2048 encryption employed in website security, banking and electronic ID cards would require magic states that would fail only once in 10 billion tries. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026 Kiffin said his decision to punt was influenced by Kentucky kicker Adam Zouagui missing two short tries earlier in the game. — Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 12 Oct. 2026 That’s more victories to close out a tight game (three) in four tries than Sanders has produced (two) over his last 10 opportunities. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Raman, by contrast, saw a 49% reduction in unsheltered homelessness in her district, which stretches from Silver Lake to Reseda.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
What happened to them, and why Jonah remains obsessed with this one unsolved case, are details that get slowly dripped out, like in every other sad-dad detective show that stretches a movie-length premise over 10 hourlong episodes.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of stretches

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Some of the movie’s most memorable moments have barely anything to do with the plot, like when Matt discovers his eyelids fusing together and attempts to separate them with nail scissors in the bathroom of a bumpy plane.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 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

Definition of attempts

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With the street protests contained, that pushes the economic issue—the protesters want more spending and fewer cuts, which the bond market is unlikely to tolerate—into next April’s elections.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026
When a developer pushes code, Pando stores the incoming Git packfile in cloud object storage.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of pushes

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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

Definition of strives

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Each red flag warning brings reminders of the devastating 2025 fires in Los Angeles, and tests whether officials have heeded the lessons from the Eaton and Palisades fires.

— Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
This tests whether the model can discover exploitable entry points using only the behavior and responses exposed by a running service.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026

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David’s drama follows a mother with Alzheimer’s struggling to preserve the memory of her son, disappeared by the Colombian army, while her daughter seeks to leave the tragedy behind.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
The club remained closed after the shooting, and the filing seeks $1 million in damages.

— Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026