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fails

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1. FAILS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fails is ranked #14382 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Fails surname appeared 2,078 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Fails.
   
   56.1% or 1,167 total occurrences were White.
   38.9% or 809 total occurrences were Black.
   2% or 43 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.7% or 36 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.8% or 17 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.2% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fails' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4681

Anagrams for fails »

1. alifs

How to pronounce fails?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say fails in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fails in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fails in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of fails in a Sentence

1. John Bolton:

   All agreed that Maduro had to go. They need to be able to act this afternoon, or this evening, to help bring other military forces to the side of the interim president, if this effort fails, [Venezuela]will sink into a dictatorship from which there are very few possible alternatives.

2. Neal Katyal:

   While we continue to believe that this third version fails that test, there is no question that by striking down the first two travel bans, the judiciary forced a recalcitrant administration to at least give its order the veil of constitutionality, we continue to believe, as do four dissenting justices, that the travel ban is unconstitutional, unprecedented, unnecessary and un-American.

3. Samuel Johnson:

   He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

4. Ashley Seifert:

   Will we one day be able to regenerate a human digit or even a limb ? Probably, but how long we need to wait is impossible to predict, one step in that direction will be when regenerative biology fully embraces new regenerative models, particularly certain species of mammals. This and comparative studies will help us understand how and why regeneration fails in some contexts and succeeds in others.

5. Seth Godin:

   I think it’s fair to say that I have failed more than most people, and I’m super proud of that. Part of the rules of this game is, the person who fails the most wins.

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References

1. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html