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The phrase "instead of extending" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when you want to indicate that something was chosen or done in place of something else that was previously intended or expected. This phrase implies a change in plans or actions. Example: Instead of extending the deadline for the project, the team decided to work overtime to complete it on time.
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Instead of extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest, I'll focus on you.
Instead of extending their hand, they step on each other's knuckles.
Instead of extending its winning streak to four games, Notre Dame finished with its third losing season in five years.
Instead of extending its hand in solidarity to Google as a fellow victim, AT&T went on the attack.
"Blossoming" is a failure mode that some boom deployers experience where the booms uncoil within the deployer instead of extending.
Instead of extending government benefits (through federal stimulus aid and health insurance coverage), Chapter 2 will revolve around budget austerity.
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Instead of extended families sharing a bustling kitchen, modern families are often extended geographically, scattered around the globe.
By 1900, American comics had begun to use speech balloons instead of extended text captions (which, according to comic artist Lew Stringer, were deployed in order to convince parents that comics had some literary merit).
These efforts include the reduction of radiotherapy dose and in the application of involved-field and involved-node instead of extended-field radiotherapy.
He throws his curveball across his body now instead of fully extending his arm, which led to the elbow damage.
Instead of automatically extending dozens of temporary business tax breaks, he said, Congress this year must pick which breaks should live and which should lapse.
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