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"instead of moving forward" is correct and usable in written English and can be used in a variety of contexts.
For example, you might say, "Rather than focusing on the future, we decided to look back and reflect instead of moving forward."
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But instead of moving forward you find that you are falling back.
"They should have just stuck around instead of moving forward," Epstein said.
When his teammate Bob Boughner misread Lemieux's setup pass and retreated instead of moving forward, Lemieux gestured in obvious irritation.
After a sloppy 62-51 loss to Temple on Dec. 2, Ray wrote: "It felt like we regressed instead of moving forward.
Instead of moving forward, she returns to the apartment block where she and Antía once lived, to write the story of their tragic, quasi-mythical odyssey.
Psychological distance is, among other things, a coping mechanism: it protects against depression and its close cousin, rumination, which pushes us to dwell too long on unpleasant details from the past instead of moving forward.
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If your shift lever is in Reverse, your car will move backwards instead of moving forwards when you take your foot off the brake.
Give up thinking you can hide, and instead perfect the art of moving forward.
"Instead of music moving forward," Morley says, "there was a moment - which you could pin down to around Britpop, or even earlier - when it started to fold backwards on itself.
Shuffling - paper, priorities, To Do lists, and plans instead of moving something forward and creating value for which customers are willing to pay.
Instead of moving us forward toward cleaner air and world-leading efficiency, the Trump administration is betting against American ingenuity.
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