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lieu

[loo] / lu /
NOUN
place
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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

“In lieu of putting out whole chicken breasts for guests to grab, slice them after you pull them off the grill and have given them time to rest,” Rice said.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 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

Several users speculated that goblin terminology was how the model characterized itself, in lieu of identifying as a person with a soul.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

On Friday, in lieu of homeroom, nearly twenty of us sixth graders gather in the library to admire the artwork that’s been submitted for the Anywhere in the Worlds contest.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila



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