behalf
Example Sentences
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She said the group was "particularly encouraged" by the commitment to take action against accounts operated by or on behalf of terrorist organisations proscribed in the UK.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Leah can find herself buying homes on behalf of clients without them ever having had a viewing.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Administrators were appointed on behalf of Apollo’s Atlas unit.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
The journalist died at his Manhattan home after a short illness, publicist Sean Katz told the Associated Press on behalf of Reed’s friend William Kapfer.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
“My friend Paul was corresponding with your dad on my behalf about the housekeeping position? And our…special circumstances?”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Vocabulary lists containing behalf
"My Favorite Chaperone," Vocabulary from the short story
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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Richard Nixon's "Checkers" Speech (1952)
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