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Discover LudwigThe phrase "rather earlier" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
Example: The meeting was scheduled for 2pm, but it ended up starting rather earlier at 1:30pm.
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"Preferably they would have done all this action earlier than they have done, and if they had acted rather earlier, the ultimate peak in rates would have been lower than it's going to actually be," said Mr. Prior-Wandesforde, who said he expected growth of just 7.2 percent for this fiscal year and 7.3 percent the next.
Windsor may have been popular with royalty rather earlier than generally thought.
It just seems to be happening rather earlier than anyone had predicted.
M. Jivani's very funny The Ungrateful Dead stands at a rather earlier stage of development.
Stainforth dated "Adela" rather earlier, on account of the apparently younger handwriting.
But Thompson's statement today suggested the investigation would be delivered to the trust rather earlier.
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My day begins rather early.
"It is still rather early," he said.
This seems to be rather early in the process.
Sir John Herschel invented the cyanotype process in 1842, rather early in the history of photography.
Comas and Valencia delighted the crowd by leaving their mark rather early.
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