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The phrase "attempts to compare" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts to draw similarities or differences between two or more subjects.
Example: "The study attempts to compare the effectiveness of two different teaching methods in improving student performance."
Alternatives: "tries to contrast" or "seeks to evaluate".
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At the moment, just two institutions make annual attempts to compare universities round the world.
All last week, Rodgers deflected attempts to compare him to past or present greats.
Attempts to compare and contrast these chief executives, however, are rare.
To begin with, most attempts to compare men's and women's styles have focused on how leaders are rated by subordinates.
Prior attempts to compare the solitude of the Glasgows of the world have been hamstrung by a lack of data.
The science, in simplest terms, attempts to compare the real-life Oscar with an imagined, able-bodied Oscar.
However, there have been few attempts to compare the relative strengths and weaknesses of the two methods.
Hillary Clinton attempts to compare herself to Rocky Balboa, prompting many people to note that Rocky lost to a black guy.
The chart below by the ORR attempts to compare the passenger and workforce fatality rates across the EU railways from 2007 to 2011.
This work attempts to compare the texture and the adsorption capacity of porous carbons prepared from date palm pits using CO2 and H3PO4 activation.
The president rebukes me when I use it, and others glaze over at my attempts to compare their experiences with those of other tribes.
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