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The phrase "attempts to determine" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing efforts to find out or establish something, often in a research or analytical context.
Example: "The study attempts to determine the effects of climate change on local wildlife populations."
Alternatives: "seeks to establish" or "tries to ascertain".
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Later attempts to determine his fate returned grisly results.
4. As a class, conduct a contest that attempts to determine a "best book".
Previous attempts to determine the age of the quarry rocks had been inconclusive.
Ms. Chambers makes a few rather graphic attempts to determine the answer, but Mr. Waters's observation is a solid one.
This paper examines this debate and attempts to determine the revenue effects of the proposed tariff changes.
The interrogator attempts to determine, by asking questions of the other two participants, which is the computer.
Attempts to determine a global pain scale have failed, because pain tolerance varies from country to country.
A narrator-heroine with dementia attempts to determine her missing friend's whereabouts in a debut that has won a Costa award and been a huge commercial success.
That limitation complicates Washington's attempts to determine whether the North has been pursuing a separate uranium-enrichment program and exporting nuclear technology to countries like Syria.
A late-night conversation between mother and daughter ensues, in which Siri attempts to determine the place of the assignation: "A hotel?" "No, I wish".
Attempts to determine the arterial input function in small animals from PET images were not convincing.
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