subsequent attempt
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsubsequentandattempt
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subsequent
adjective
uk/ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt/us/ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt/
happening after ...
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attempt
noun[C]
uk/əˈtempt/us/əˈtempt/
the act of trying to do something, especially ...
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(Definition ofsubsequentandattemptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Asubsequentattemptto replicate these results in a different population (which controlled for at least three key sources of confound) produced negative results.
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Even if all of the blocker is removed from the solution bathing the channels, asubsequentattemptto open the channels reveals that many of them still contain a blocker.
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No records are maintained which would show how many candidates passed the test at a first orsubsequentattempt.
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There has been littlesubsequentattemptto import horror comics and no prosecution for publishing them.
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It equally has a role to play in thesubsequentattemptto restore function which illness or injury has impaired.
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Asubsequentattemptto buy £50,000 worth of the same stock made the market capitalisation rise again by nearly £100 million.
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If he acts in such a way that he is revealed to be unsuitable to exercise a controlling role, anysubsequentattemptto obtain control can now be blocked.
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Massouh initially weighed in two pounds over the limit, but successfully made weight two hours after the original weigh-in on asubsequentattempt.
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Asubsequentattemptto blast open the strongroom failed, but the ensuing fire created a great deal of damage.
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Later, previously incorrect numbers were automatically eliminated from eachsubsequentattempt.
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Asubsequentattemptto fire the main engine failed because of ground control error, and the engine never fired.
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Asubsequentattemptto reintroduce life imprisonment was defeated in the parliamentary procedure.
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Asubsequentattemptended in disaster when a heavy swell caused the aircraft to become airborne too early and stall, nose-diving into the bay.
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Subsequent attempts to ground citizenship in difference rather than sameness have greatly intensified the tension with a more persistent culture of patriotism.
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Subsequent attempts to cut back state involvement both in welfare and the economy at large were in the main unsuccessful.
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In particular, they use depiction, both verbal and visual, on subsequent attempts at recognition.
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She describes the less than positive reception of the first play she wrote at the age of seven, and thesubsequentattemptto focus her talents on novels.
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Subsequent attempts at the same exercise allow the subject to make improvements and refine his or her technique.
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Different antecedents and consequences of the leaving home transition might be identified for subsequent attempts.
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Exposure to spatially separate visible and audible events leads to systematic direction errors in subsequent attempts to point to an audible event (while blindfolded).
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