The phrase "an effort to reassert" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing attempts to reinforce or reaffirm a position, belief, or authority.
Example: "The organization launched an effort to reassert its commitment to environmental sustainability after recent criticisms."
Alternatives: "a bid to reaffirm" or "an attempt to restore".
Ms. DeLauro argued that the research paper was "not a political strategy," but an effort to reassert a claim of identity.
In an effort to reassert their authority, the popes turned to trusted military leaders such as Gil Cardinal Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz, who reconquered the entire Papal States in a 10-year campaign (1353 63).
Mr Yusuf's harsh ruling can be seen as part of an effort to reassert the state's dominance.Field-Marshal Sisi's victory in the coming election is widely regarded as inevitable.
Congress enacted the resolution in 1973, overriding President Richard M. Nixon's veto, in an effort to reassert its constitutional role in making decisions about whether the country would get involved in significant armed conflicts.
The EU has ordered a clampdown on credit rating agencies and banned naked short-selling of shares and bonds in an effort to reassert the sovereignty of politics over markets and speculators.
Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's top aides are strategizing about ways for Germany to take part in the postwar reconstruction of Iraq, which they see as part of an effort to reassert the German-American alliance.
Writing, or even making an attempt to write anything on or about Plate Heat Exchangers (Henceforth, PHE) would be no more than a futile effort to reassert and glorify an already stronghold state of PHEs, as is evident with the kind of multilayered and multi-tasked functions it performs, obviously in different forms, in various domains of work & walks of life, since a good long time.
MOSCOW Russia is planning to launch five new polar research ships as part of a $975 million effort to reassert its presence in Antarctica over the next decade.
In the early 6th century, the emperor Justinian engaged in a quixotic effort to reassert the status of Latin as the language of law, even though in his time Latin no longer held any currency as a living language in the East.
In December 1994 Russia began a cruel, clumsy effort to reassert control by carpet-bombing Grozny.A frustrated deal-makerAfter that, Mr Maskhadov often found himself cast in the role of quiet but increasingly marginalised conciliator, doing his best to restrain his wilder compatriots, often unsuccessfully.
A news analysis article on Wednesday about the Obama administration's effort to reassert the American role in the Pacific region referred incorrectly to a diplomatic agreement signed by China and Southeast Asian nations in July.
