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The phrase "rather than assumed" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to contrast two actions or beliefs, with the implication that one is better or more preferable than the other. Example: Rather than assuming that my friend was lying, I chose to trust her and give her the benefit of the doubt.
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Laws of cultural causation, he argued, had to be discovered rather than assumed.
I hope that one day this won't seem so radical to people -- that surnames will be considered rather than assumed.
Had they asked about bookings (far down and greatly deferred) rather than assumed the worst because that made the most bloodcurdling headlines?
This approach differs from previous work in that specificity information is obtained from information intrinsic in a set of conditionals, rather than assumed to exist a priori.
There needs to be parallel change in how countries think of the international order: it has to be built and sustained rather than assumed to be someone else's responsibility.
A leading article in 1984 called for "a year of wit and dexterity and literary larking", for a winner to be judged on "pure enjoyment" rather than "assumed grandeur".
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Rather than assume we know the answer, ask.
By learning to ask rather than assume, and to listen rather than judge.
Hence, I must decide, rather than assume, the answer to the first question presented.
Generate data through experimentation rather than assuming that there is pre-existing data to be harvested.
Rather than assuming she knew what her students needed, these tools gave Sarah detailed information about her students' learning.
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rather than hypothesized
rather than demonstrated
rather than speculated
rather than imagined
rather than assimilated
rather than surmised
differently than assumed
rather than understood
rather than estimated
rather than supposed
rather than become
rather than presume
better than assumed
rather than putative
rather than presumptive
rather than hypothetical
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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.

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