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The phrase "an attempt to replace" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts or initiatives aimed at substituting one thing for another.
Example: "The organization launched an attempt to replace outdated technology with more efficient systems."
Alternatives: "an effort to substitute" or "a bid to change".
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The government denounced the book as "an attempt to replace Marx with Freud".
The F.C.C. program was an attempt to replace broader employment rules struck down in 1998.
To suggest that this is in any way an attempt to replace professional journalists is nonsense".
Some couples might try to buy life insurance in an attempt to replace the benefit.
This is nothing less than an attempt to replace the United States as the dominant power in the region.
Darlene Krueger said that her son joined the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity in an attempt to replace the community of his family.
He was fortunate that an attempt to replace him with Vince Cable was closer to a Brian Rix farce than a lethal coup.
MiniDisc Another ill-fated Sony product, the MiniDisc was an attempt to replace audio cassettes as the editable music format of choice.
The Italian Wars resumed, however, as France made three unsuccessful invasions of Italy in an attempt to replace Spain as the dominant power in the peninsula.
Others, however, may look at such progress as an attempt to replace human connection with the ultimate act of reliance on machines.
Three white former managers in the county's Parks and Recreation Department claimed they were victims of an attempt to replace whites with blacks.
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an attempt to displace
an attempt to substitute
an attempt to supersede
an attempt to supplant
an attempt to switch
an attempt to override
an attempt to replenish
an attempt to compensate
an attempt to overlay
an attempt to change
an attempt to amend
an attempt to swap
an attempt to embarrass
an attempt to prove
an attempt to shut
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