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The phrase "addresses itself to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the focus or target audience of a particular message, work, or issue.
Example: "The report addresses itself to the concerns of the local community regarding environmental sustainability."
Alternatives: "is directed towards" or "focuses on".
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It therefore addresses itself to love's opposites, which are hate and death.
The related field of neuropsychiatry addresses itself to disorders such as aphasia, Korsakoff syndrome, Tourette syndrome, and other CNS abnormalities.
One consequence is that the Spanish government now principally addresses itself to the foreign media outlets it sees as influential.
But the list is a way of writing that anticipates, and addresses itself to, a certain capriciousness in the reader.
The movie fiercely addresses itself to the agony of belief, the need to believe in a God who remains silent, mysterious, absent.
This art addresses itself to that reservoir of nostalgia in all of us, conjuring a sense of the past from surroundings we know and share.
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Of course rock has long addressed itself to the emotionally wounded teenager.
"The international community must address itself to solve without delay the Arab-Israeli conflict".
The film does not, however, address itself to any larger social context.
It also addressed itself to "three imaginary readers": the generalist, the expert and the student.
The rest of the time, it is obstinately provincial, addressing itself to a village no bigger than a nation.
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