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

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By that logic, anyone who tries to disrupt a college football fan's Saturday should be seen as someone whose views are incongruent with the hardcore fan's, even if their intentions are pure. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026 In the process, a family tries to come to the aid of its ailing matriarch, presented with only a series of unappealing options, each more unbearable than the next. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026 Victor tries to switch with Joe, Katie, and Abbey, but no one will switch with him. — Alice Burton, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026 Eventually, both active movement — moving your own arm — and passive movement — when someone else tries to move it — become restricted. — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 3 Nov. 2026 Teams are 4-16 when going for 2, including a win by Atlanta last season after missing both 2-point tries before beating Tampa Bay on a last-second field goal. — ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026 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

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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

The Kamiński/Spielberg collaboration, which now stretches over 30 years and more than 20 films, has to count as one of the most significant artistic collaborations in American cinema history.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2026
This year’s 24-film lineup stretches well beyond Monroe’s own filmography.

— Ben Croll, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of stretches

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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

Definition of attempts

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Nighthawk pushes performance IBM’s current Nighthawk r2 processor has demonstrated significant improvements in quantum execution speed.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
And as sea level rise pushes tides and groundwater levels higher, soaking up the dry dirt and drainage area Florida was built to rely on, even smaller storms could cause the kind of damage seen last week.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 11 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