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The phrase "are clearly less" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to compare two or more things, indicating that one is of a lower degree or quality than the other.
Example: "The results of the second experiment are clearly less reliable than those of the first."
Alternatives: "are evidently inferior" or "are noticeably lower."
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Voters are clearly less convinced of the need for change.
Other areas of the graveyard are clearly less important.
The Republicans are clearly less harmonious in their consideration regarding Mr. Gallagher's successor.
Policymakers are clearly less engaged with the development agenda than they were in the mid-2000s.
That is about to change.Japan's politicians and bureaucrats are clearly less anxious than they were to protect inefficient domestic industries.
Today there are senior Liberal Democrats – notably Shirley Williams and Charles Kennedy – who are clearly less than enthusiastic about participating in the coalition.
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And inside Israel, the 20% of Israeli citizens who are not Jewish, about 1.5 million people, are clearly less-than-equal, given the more than twenty laws which officially privilege Jews over all others.
Elsewhere, the picture is clearly less upbeat.
Lindros has been clearly less than dominant all season.
The ordinary usage of the term is clearly less wide.
He said it would be "clearly" less than that amount.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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