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Example Sentences
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Silicon Valley investors who own super-voting shares in a company would be taxed on their voting rights, rather than the value of their shares.
The company said its event contracts were regulated by federal jurisdiction, rather than the states.
I can tell you which of those movies I’d rather watch again, and it’s not the one where she plays a white savior mother with an addiction to hairspray.
From Salon
That was partly assuaged when the cast, made up of up-and-coming talent rather than established names, was announced.
From BBC
“He never really envisaged the need to decrease expenditure; rather, he always sought enhanced income to solve his financial issues.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
