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Discover LudwigThe phrase "has rather been" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a preference or a state that has existed over time, often in a more formal context.
Example: "The project has rather been successful, exceeding our initial expectations."
Alternatives: "has instead been" or "has more so been".
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TV has rather been subject to an innate conservatism in its commissioning patterns," he argued.
This has not been deliberate targeting, but has rather been due to tactical necessity.
None of his poetry survives in the original Sicilian dialect but has, rather, been modified to conform to Tuscan.
Ever since the first hip-hop MC lifted a microphone to their mouth in the mid 70s, self-aggrandisement has rather been the point.
The constitutionality of such legislation has, rather, been determined solely by reference to other provisions of the Constitution, e. g., the Due Process Clause, insofar as they operate to protect existing economic values.
It also describes some applications from other industrial sectors showing that desalination is not a type of guinea-pig industry; it has rather been very slow to adopt the concept with duplex stainless steels.
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"Would I have rather been the presidential candidate?
I would have rather been knocked down than hear that".
GORDON -- I would have rather been a groom.
Popular sovereignty, proclaimed in the French Revolution, had rather been distorted, however, in Napoleon's autocratic plebiscites.
Nobody looked as if he would have rather been watching "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire".
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