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The phrase "rather an exception" is correct and usable in written English.
It is an idiom which means something unusual or exceptional, and not something that is typical or expected. For example, "I usually travel on Sunday, but this week is rather an exception."
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Cultural differences in patient-provider communication and my own biases combined to make Luis' diagnosis a puzzle, and such puzzles are likely the rule rather an exception.
For they understood that the message from Smith was not that the Indian Premier League is the new gilded route to the whites of England, but rather an exception can be made provided you are blessed with the talents Buttler possesses.
Startup Weekend Poland requires pitching in English, yet it is rather an exception to the rule.
Commercially available continuous pressure measurement systems [32, 33] appear to display rather an exception than the rule in children.
The ideal 147-bp wide rectangle is rather an exception than the rule.
It is now rather an exception".
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These networks are highly dynamic with short-lived hosts being the norm rather than an exception.
Why isn't an 'anti-social lifestyle' another expression of 'victimization' rather than an exception to it? Et cetera.
It has recently become clear that large-scale macromolecular self-assembly is a rule, rather than an exception, of intracellular organization.
It's tempting to ask, in retrospect, "What was everyone thinking?" But Cisco's supply chain is the rule rather than an exception.
Mr. Smith called the growing share of secrecy orders "fairly shocking," suggesting they had become a routine process rather than an exception.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com