recall attempt
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrecallandattempt
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recall
noun
uk/rɪˈkɔːl/us/ˈriː.kɑːl/
the ability to ...
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attempt
noun[C]
uk/əˈtempt/us/əˈtempt/
the act of trying to do something, especially ...
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(Definition ofrecallandattemptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofrecall attempt
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Scoring the articles, adjectives, and possessives for agreement with the accompanying noun in therecallattemptmade little difference except in the case of adjectives.
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The relevant items had to be part of the samerecallattemptbut, again, anyrecallattemptwas valid.
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Her first months in office were so rocky that there was talk of arecallattemptin 1997, which fizzled.
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At firstrecallattempt, the memory is fairly accurate.
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A record number of voters turned out to defeat therecallattemptwith a 59 percent no vote.
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In 1933, there was a municipal election which included arecallattempton three councilmembers.
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There has been one unsuccessfulrecallattemptin 1942.
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Each participant's recall attempts for the serial recall and nonword repetition tasks were recorded onto audiotapes.
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Batton said that he had no actual knowledge of any objections to the apartments until therecallattemptwas launched.
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Omissions and additions were rare at the syllable level, indicating that recall attempts and input sequences typically matched in number of syllables.
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I recall attempting to explain this issue previously.
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However, citizen opposition led to the scraping of that plan and recall attempts against the mayor and two city councilors.
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Disharmony on the village board led to a number of recall attempts and, eventually, a petition to unincorporate the town, which was rejected by the voters in a 1990 election.
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