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The phrase "attempting to identify" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing the process of trying to recognize or determine something, often in a research or analytical context.
Example: "The researchers are attempting to identify the factors that contribute to climate change."
Alternatives: "trying to determine" or "seeking to recognize".
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The military is now attempting to identify the attackers.
In attempting to identify with the hawk, White only makes it subject to his self-loathing.
And European banking regulators are attempting to identify the region's most vulnerable financial institutions.
Since then, scientists have been attempting to identify the remains, using DNA evidence and other forensic tools.
Food has been a friend and feared enemy for most of my life, and my anxiety stems in part from attempting to identify and comply with social rules.
Let's finish where we started, in an east London pub, attempting to identify what is so troubling about the hipster aesthetic.
US law enforcement officials are attempting to identify whether Goldman violated federal law after failing to flag a transaction in Malaysia, the Journal reported in June.
Those contradictions seem mindboggling insisting on insularity in a forum watched by thousands, attempting to identify a target without actually making that person a target.
We analyzed many oscillatory sample paths, attempting to identify a common cause behind all of them.
This issue was most commonly encountered when attempting to identify the blank or vacant stare sign.
Difficulties arise, however, in attempting to identify exactly where that threshold lies.
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