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behalf

[bih-haf, -hahf] / bɪˈhæf, -ˈhɑf /


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The case has been filed by Joshua Malidzo Nyawa, a lawyer, on behalf of the Katiba Institute, a Kenyan legal group.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

“There are so many very good people at the foundation, with so many years doing real work on behalf of America’s national parks, it’s heartbreaking to watch.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Marshals Service on Johnson’s behalf, scheduling a phone call with Johnson, as well as making sure there was money provided on his behalf in the prison commissary.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

Trump Accounts are set to become available in early July, giving parents a new way to save on behalf of their children.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Even Sebond’s work had fallen foul of the censors, not for its basic thrust, but for the extravagant claims made on behalf of it by Sebond in his preface.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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