Attempt and Candidate

Attempt

Attempt noun - An effort to do or accomplish something.

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Candidate and attempt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Candidate" instead a noun "Attempt".

Nearby Words: attempted, attempting

Candidate noun - One who seeks an office, honor, position, or award.

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Attempt and candidate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attempt" instead a noun "Candidate".

Nearby Words: candidacy, candidature, candida

good	good attempt	good candidate
clear	clear attempt	clear candidate
best	best attempt	best candidate
original	original attempt	original candidate
Other adjectives: single, obvious, poor, real, big, serious, bad, new, major, possible, final, next, last, failed.

Synopsis: In an attempt to save her sister, a CPU candidate thinks she finds the weak-point of CFW Judge to defeat him!

Source: Fanfic Recs / Neptunia
Seven Days; one episode centered around a Presidential candidate whom time-traveler Frank Parker rescued from an assassination attempt.

Source: Being Tortured Makes You Evil
He does this in an attempt to completely turn Simon against Charles Lord, the other possible candidate.

Source: Luke, I Might Be Your Father

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