The phrase "attempts to replace" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts to substitute one thing for another, often in contexts involving technology, processes, or ideas.
Example: "The new software attempts to replace the outdated system that has been in use for years."
Alternatives: "tries to substitute" or "seeks to take the place of".
Moreover, some attempts to replace serfs with rent-paying tenants did not prove to be a panacea.
Over the years, hundreds of attempts to replace the electoral college with direct universal suffrage have failed.
Julian ultimately becomes emperor in the fourth century and makes bloody attempts to replace Jesus with the old gods.
The French neologisms that usually draw attention are those comic attempts to replace widely used English words with French ones, eg, le web with la toile.
She dismissed her prime minister over a botched response to the ferry accident, only to recall him after two failed attempts to replace him.
He opposed some of the government's policies, however, especially its attempts to replace samurai warriors with a peasant conscript army and its failure to invade Korea.
Borsato knew that attempts to replace the Cavendish through traditional breeding — crossing two bananas to create a third, disease-resistant fruit — had failed.
A 17th-century Western star chart attempts to replace the constellations of Greek mythology with a new set of images drawn from biblical and Christian history.
We made a movie about attempts to replace the old fishermen's houses in a village like ours with a Justin Bieber-themed shopping mall.
In Millwood, a property owner named Leo Rotta has resorted to the court of public opinion to stave off attempts to replace his lumberyard with a new firehouse.
Guillon finds himself in a difficult position as he attempts to replace Hill, who also introduced well-groomed dogs to Mulberry's renowned catwalk shows.
