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The phrase "instead of taking time" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when suggesting an alternative action that avoids spending time on something.
Example: "Instead of taking time to plan every detail, we should focus on getting started."
Alternatives: "rather than spending time" or "instead of wasting time".
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We've all wished at times that we could just chat with a doctor from our office, instead of taking time away from work to drive to the clinic.
But instead of taking time off to heal he elected to do two things: to play his way through the pain; and to change his body shape.
Thursday's best songs, like the show-closing "Anytime," sounded positively monolithic; instead of taking time to mess around, the members simply hurtled toward the end.
Young took a lead from Murray and, instead of taking time off to go home and relax, he joined the national set-up to do extra strength work.
For example, auditing systems enacted for 'transparency' may focus attention on more measurable tasks at the detriment of others (e.g. publishing lots of papers instead of taking time to find new audiences for their work).
Instead of taking time off, and losing out on a chunk of the $1.4 million bonus players receive for competing in the Masters Series events, Safin has pushed onward.
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When something like the shooting of officers happens, instead of taking the time to honor the policemen and their families, he spent a lot of time talking about gun control and racial stuff.
Instead of taking the time to write them, proof them, wait for approval, print them and stuff them, we took that time to talk to the editors/bloggers and invest time in social media.
All but one of the entries we received at the time were depressingly abysmal, but that's probably just cause they whipped them together on the fly instead of taking their time, like guy who didn't even bother putting his name on the envelope.
Many were surprised that Woods played this week, instead of taking more time off.
"You start to engage in an argument instead of taking a time out.
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