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The phrase "an attempt to settle" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts made to resolve a dispute, issue, or situation.
Example: "The negotiations were seen as an attempt to settle the ongoing conflict between the two parties."
Alternatives: "an effort to resolve" or "a bid to reach an agreement".
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It was an attempt to settle key arguments.
"This is not an attempt to settle scores or to point fingers.
The union represented an attempt to settle payments between member states, many of whom did not have convertible currencies.
He allegedly used the powerful narcotic in an attempt to settle down his two-month-old daughter, police allege.
The corruption investigation was later shelved and opposition MP Sezgin Tanrıkulu said Tuesday's trial was an attempt to settle scores.
Poland issued an ultimatum to Lithuania in an attempt to settle the territorial dispute over the city of Vilnius.
Dénes has used Latin power sets in an attempt to settle a conjecture by Hall and Paige on complete mappings in groups.
Opponents have called its move an attempt to settle scores, and said it focused on secular opponents of Iraq's religious Shiite parties, backed by Iran.
"Katyń," a stunning, epic film directed by Andrzej Wajda, is an attempt to settle the truth of the affair once and for all.
— Glenn Collins Ecocentric: Everything you ever wanted to know about collard greens, and an attempt to settle the eternal debate: long-braised or quick-cooked?
She's dead now, and the two old men, with very little future ahead of them, pass a long night in an attempt to settle blame.
More suggestions(16)
an attempt to prove
an incentive to settle
an attempt to shut
an attempt to minimize
an attempt to achieve
an exchange to settle
an attempt to study
an attempt to Islamize
an effort to settle
an attempt to prevent
an attempt to discredit
an offer to settle
an attempt to join
an invitation to settle
an opportunity to settle
an attempt to jump
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