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in behalf of

ADVERB
on behalf of
Synonyms
WEAK
in support of on the side of
CONJUNCTION
because
Synonyms
WEAK
as as a result of as long as as things go being by cause of by reason of by virtue of considering due to for for the reason that for the sake of in as much as in that in the interest of in view of now that on the grounds that over owing to seeing since thanks to through whereas

Example Sentences

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Under questioning from prosecutors Thursday morning, Weisselberg appeared to provide them ammunition for the argument that he was acting in behalf of the company.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2022

“And I gladly join in ascribing praise to that great daily for courageous fight upon this subject in behalf of the common people.”

From Fox News • Oct. 16, 2020

“The sons of Liberty withstood the Lords in Parliament in behalf of true Liberty,” the Regulators complained in 1766, so “let not Officers under them carry on unjust Oppression in our own Province.”

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Justices found that McDonnell’s conduct - steering the state machinery in behalf of favored interests - did not amount to “official acts.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 16, 2017

In the same book, I met with one of Sheridan’s mighty speeches on and in behalf of Catholic emancipation.

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass