The phrase "aim to date" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing a goal or intention to reach a certain point in time or to achieve a specific status by a particular date.
Example: "We aim to date the project completion by the end of the month."
Alternatives: "intend to reach" or "plan to achieve".
For example, it is highly problematic to use a clock rate from a study which employed a calibration date, e.g., a dated vicariance event, in a subsequent study which aims to date same vicariance event as used in the earlier study [ 83].
Among the earliest works is a helium isotope study [2] where uranium minerals were dated, which a few years later was followed by a radiogenic Pb study aimed to date the mineral uraninite [3].
This paper aims to date the construction and demise of the medieval bridge at Avignon by integrating sedimentological and stratigraphic evidence with geophysical surveys (ERT), optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and radiocarbon chronologies.
This is an interesting and worthwhile paper reporting calculations aimed to date major events in eukaryote evolution using a molecular clock approach to rare genomic changes.
Many programs and activities aimed to advance sustainable design to date have been well-intentioned, but ultimately flawed in failing to acknowledge this dynamic.
Our fourth and final aim was to date the split between the two recognized European clades in order to provide a better understanding of the timeframe for the existing differentiation.
The sets of AIMs identified to date show large allele frequency differences either between continental groups (e.g. Africans and Europeans) or between populations within a continent (e.g. Europe).
Further analysis of Y191/L194 that is required for Atg36 activity suggests that it is not an AIM, however, as it is not conserved, and it is missing a serine or threonine at −1 which has been found in all yeast AIMs identified to date (Supplementary Figure S5).
Aim to set a date for a meeting to discuss the manuscript (thereby implying that your supervisor will have looked at it by then).
Efforts to date aim to begin the "peaceful divorce" between greenhouse gas emissions and economic growth: no longer do the two need to go together.
