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The phrase "are rather expensive" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the cost of items or services that are perceived to be high in price.
Example: "The new smartphones on the market are rather expensive, making it difficult for many consumers to afford them."
Alternatives: "are quite costly" or "are fairly pricey".
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However, large diameter etalon FPIs are rather expensive when compared with the expense of conventional all-sky imagers and photometers.
Many of them are rather expensive.
However, the coating materials currently available are rather expensive and have low compressive and tensile strengths.
The main disadvantage of these devices is that they require cryogenic coolants, which are rather expensive and not easily available.
Since batteries are rather expensive, electric cars are more expensive to purchase than conventional cars and offer a smaller variety of models.
Unfortunately, MBE growth methods are rather expensive, complex, time-consuming and do not produce NPs suitable for incorporation into polymers and biological tissues.
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The test is rather expensive, costing >$100, a prohibitive >$30 billion expense if done on all Americans.
In fact, many of the wines were rather expensive.
Also it's rather expensive for young people.
Electricity from the handful of suppliers is rather expensive.
But the general population was poor, and meat was rather expensive.
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