made efforts vs made an effort

Both 'made efforts' and 'made an effort' are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Made efforts' is used when referring to multiple attempts or actions that were taken to achieve something, while 'made an effort' is used when emphasizing a single attempt or action.

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made efforts

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when referring to multiple attempts or actions made to achieve something.

This phrase is used to indicate that someone has put in multiple efforts or attempts to accomplish a task or goal.

Examples:

She made efforts to improve her grades by studying harder.
The team made efforts to win the championship by practicing every day.
He made efforts to repair the broken relationship with his friend.

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My country has made efforts towards reforming pensions and social assistance.
The rapporteur has made efforts to try at an early stage to get the various political groups to compromise on quite a few important areas.
In order to tackle the current debt crisis Greece has already made efforts to consolidate its budget.
Italy was in a similar case and made efforts to integrate in its economy the activities practiced in an occult way.
We can say that the candidates have made efforts to maintain the momentum and the Commission has also played its part and will continue to do so.
In addition to the above, the Commission made efforts to further enhance biodiversity research.
At the same time, the Union producers made efforts to increase their investments in order to produce more efficiently.
It is against this background that the Commission has recently made efforts to establish benchmarks as pointed out in the reply to point 59.
The rapporteur has already given some examples of areas in which we have made efforts to make savings in Parliament's budget.
CGD had already made efforts to deleverage its balance sheet before the capital increase in June 2012.
We should acknowledge the fact that all Member States have already made efforts to include priorities conforming with the aims of the Lisbon Strategy in their operational programmes.
Since the Second Vatican Council the Roman Church has made efforts to revise and improve this whole system.
The Panamanian government has made efforts to comply with that pressure and implement new laws to stifle money laundering.
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 21 - Most of the patents registered in Brazil belong to foreign companies, a clear indication of the country's level of technological dependence, which a conference this week made efforts to overcome.
The industry and the government have made efforts to induce people to upgrade, including notices to those who log on to major portals with the outdated browser.
In view of these narrowing but still persistent differences the Commission has made efforts involving the British and French authorities and the professional associations which are promising to bear fruit.
We have made efforts to clarify the levels of responsibility and competence of the various institutional, economic and social actors at European, national and regional level.
Immediately after the wedding, she made efforts to influence policy.
Hegel made efforts to keep himself informed on the situation in Africa.
Honor has made efforts compared to its previous models.

Alternatives:

put in efforts
exerted efforts
made attempts
tried hard
strived

made an effort

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when emphasizing a single attempt or action made to achieve something.

This phrase is used to highlight a specific effort or attempt that someone has made towards a task or goal.