Sentence examples for the former is from inspiring English sources
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The phrase "the former is" is a perfectly valid and usable part of a sentence in written English.
You can use it when you want to make a comparison between two things and you want to talk about the first of them in this comparison. For example: "The former is a great option, while the latter is significantly more expensive."
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