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The phrase "attempt to understand a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing the effort to comprehend a particular concept, situation, or perspective.
Example: "In our discussions, we should always make an attempt to understand a different point of view."
Alternatives: "strive to grasp a" or "try to comprehend a".
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DeepDive is our attempt to understand a new type of database system.
The hologenome theory of evolution originally emanated from an attempt to understand a few bleaching experiments.
Liu's research at Stanford began as an attempt to understand a natural laboratory – the Ordos Plateau of northern China.
"We can't just put our heads in the sand and not attempt to understand a change in viewers' interests," he said.
In the field and then in the courtroom, the prosecution of Wen Ho Lee was a final attempt to understand a man whose deepening suspiciousness had taunted the government for nearly 20 years.
But those who dismiss him on that basis have to ask if any attempt to understand a person's mental state can be made without reference to their closest relationships.
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Kobek blazes with brutal rhetoric, but described the narrator's desperate attempt to understand an impossibly complex and fluid situation.
Attempting to understand a tragedy is, in a way, an impossible pursuit.
In "Fear Not," a writer attempts to understand a woman's mysterious relationship with her son.
His results build on a long history of scientific attempts to understand a deceptively simple and universal behavior.
In "The Leaky Leviathan," a study published three years ago in the Harvard Law Review, David Pozen attempts to understand a puzzle.
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