The phrase "attempting to match" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing the action of trying to align or correspond with something, such as a standard, expectation, or another entity.
Example: "The team is attempting to match their performance to the industry benchmarks to ensure competitiveness."
Alternatives: "trying to align" or "seeking to correspond".
We created a propensity score-matched cohort by attempting to match a patient who was diagnosed as BA positive by NBI with a patient who was diagnosed as BA negative by NBI (a 1 1 match) by using a greedy matching technique.
It also clears up an error when attempting to match records and automates some consolidation functions.
By attempting to match the pictures of 10 dead women to a list of their names.
Ronald Koeman surprisingly switched to a three-man defence, attempting to "match" Chelsea across the pitch.
Little is known about the demographics and expenditures of applicants attempting to match into the competitive field of orthopedic surgery.
"The mind boggles!" he gasped as he slogged along on the treadmill, attempting to match the speed of the elite.
The finding of patient subgroups for importance of improvement in domains has implications for clinicians attempting to match treatment to patient goals.
In uniting Anthony, Stoudemire and Chandler, the Knicks were attempting to match the Heat's LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
The Knicks (9-25) were attempting to match their longest winning streak of the season after beating the Bulls in Chicago on Tuesday.
ICE is attempting to match many more parents to older children, who the judge said must be reunited within 30 days.
One of the main justifications for the huge budget allotments granted Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (known as Star Wars) was that there was a good chance that the Soviets would go bankrupt in attempting to match us, contraption for contraption.
