in lieu

Example Sentences

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Galtman was booked Thursday night about 11:30 p.m. and is being held in lieu of $3.1 million bail, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department booking records.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

But in lieu of an album drop, the mystery surrounding the Grammy-winning artist's upcoming nuptials is doing just as much to mobilise her fandom.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Massie is a throwback libertarian who, in lieu of the standard lawmaker flag pin, wears on his lapel a national debt clock that he programmed himself.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

Relying solely on geographic diversification methods, in which portfolios seek to offset losses in one market in lieu of another, also belongs to a bygone era, according to Holzer.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

She saw Punky Perkins, next to her in church, drop two buttons in the plate in lieu of the two pennies his mother had given him.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith