The phrase "an effort to replicate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing attempts to reproduce or duplicate a process, experiment, or result.
Example: "The researchers conducted an effort to replicate the original study's findings to verify their accuracy."
Alternatives: "an attempt to reproduce" or "a bid to duplicate".
The name X2 appears to be a not-so-subtle suggestion that the new venture is an effort to replicate Mr. Davis's success at Xstrata.
The collider was designed to accelerate protons to energies of seven trillion electron volts apiece and smash them together in tiny fireballs in an effort to replicate and study the conditions of the Big Bang.
In some ways, Carlyle's acquisition binge is an effort to replicate the broad set of businesses built by the Blackstone Group, one of its chief competitors and the first large private equity firm to go public back in 2007.
On Tuesday, Disney plans to announce the introduction of a cluster of new subscription magazines - an effort to replicate in the United States what is a robust business in Europe.
In an effort to replicate his success, the bank hired a small group of people who had little or no trading experience, but were world-class chess and bridge players.
Instead, the album of the year award will be the blue riband category, with the five nominations trailed in video-clips throughout the evening in an effort to replicate the suspense experienced at Hollywood's Oscars.
The company allows dancers to extend their careers without a fruitless effort to replicate their youthful physicality, which in any case may well have been eroded by injuries brought on by excessive athleticism.
Four actors deliver the anecdotes in what amounts to little more than a crassly commercial effort to replicate the success of "The Vagina Monologues" (1 30).
The son of Kamaladdin Heydarov, the oil-rich nation's minister for emergency situations, owns Gabala football club: "a small-scale effort to replicate the Chelsea antics of Russia's Roman Abramovich".
Four actors deliver the anecdotes in what amounts to little more than a crassly commercial effort to replicate the success of "The Vagina Monologues" (1 30).New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street, Clinton, (212) 212-6212.
A nonprofit's effort to replicate 50 top cancer papers is shaking up labs.
