stead

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My parents sent the money to a friend in Argentina to start the business in their stead while they tied up loose ends in the States.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Another man shouted on the phone, exhorting a family member to leave and that he would go in and take his stead.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

Some of them were dead, and their families answered the questionnaires about past glyphosate exposure in their stead.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

The judge appointed an attorney from the public defender's office in his stead.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

For we reckon back our line to Mardil, the good steward, who ruled in the king’s stead when he went away to war.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien