Experts at the Census Bureau estimate that more than sixty percent of Hispanic growth was from "natural increase" rather than migration.

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In that case, we understand it as a sequence of cross-sections rather than something that somehow organically changes through time.

这样，我们就是在学习一个个语言的横截面,而不是语言自然的变化过程。

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It's usually best to respond in a complete sentence rather than saying yes or no which can be ambiguous.

一般来说，回答最好是完整的句子，而不是简单的模棱两可的“是”或“不是”。

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It's like a child, raised with hope rather than expectation, love rather than fiscal projection.

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And so, today, we have mail carriers rather than mail men and flight attendants rather than stewardesses, etc.

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Conservatives blame sin, rather than syndromes, and cultural decline, rather than economic dislocation.

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