Sentence examples for rather than reaching from inspiring English sources

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"rather than reaching" is a perfectly acceptable construction in written English.
It is most commonly used as a substitute for "instead of," as in, "We decided to take the train rather than reach by car."

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Rather than reaching out to Mr. Nader and his backers, they have so far been dismissive.

"He sensed that the international community was isolating Liberia rather than reaching out to help them".

In some ways, banks such as UBS should be embarrassed rather than reaching for their lawyers.

Caution was the watchword and funds were sitting in council bank accounts rather than reaching the poorest.

Building a sustainable peace means finding a balance of interest, rather than reaching an agreement reflecting the balance of power.

He advised investors to "gravitate to higher quality," rather than "reaching for yield and getting equity-like risk".

He accused Mr Powell of parroting the ideas of foreign government leaders rather than reaching his own conclusions.

Clinton said Americans may think that in financial tough times the US should be scaling back rather than reaching out to Asia.

The minimum agreement between the west and Putin may be over how to combine to attack Isis, rather than reaching a deal on Assad.

It makes sense that we're burying ourselves deeper in our virtual connections to another person, rather than reaching out and touching them.

Rather than reaching outward to create an overtly revolutionary sound, Mr. Jamal explored the inner workings of the small ensemble to control, shape and dramatize his music.

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