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"having been initially" is correct and is commonly used in written English.
It is used to describe something that happened in the past, especially at the beginning of a process or event. Example: Having been initially hesitant about joining the team, she eventually became one of the most dedicated members.
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41 A study of 242 patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) showed that a delayed diagnosis was associated with having received an initial non-cancer diagnosis (10.2 vs 2.4 months; p<0.001), or having been initially told not to worry or to continue to monitor symptoms (6.8 vs 4.4 months; p=0.006).
Those all-important flicks are subtly added on afterwards, having been initially forgotten.
In interviews, he has admitted to having been initially embarrassed by the term.
Guzmán had been on the run since his escape from jail in 2001, having been initially arrested in 1993.
Having been initially threatened with dismissal for insubordination, Mr. Widmer was instead promoted to vice president for science and engineering for all of General Dynamics.
The rate of growth between July and August was also revised upward to 0.3 percent, after having been initially reported as flat.
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Sharpe said he had been initially reluctant to complain.
Arson remains a possibility, although it had been initially discounted.
The film had been initially accepted but was later de-listed for unspecified reasons.
Many of the relevant security files, it emerged, had been initially withheld or previously destroyed.
They said it was unclear how that computer had been initially infected.
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