behalf
Example Sentences
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Only a court-appointed executor or administrator generally has the authority to act on behalf of the probate estate.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
She regularly said in emails to patients that Firdevs would order sperm from the sperm bank Cryos on their behalf.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
CNN released a statement praising Holmes for asking “a tough, relevant, and newsworthy question on behalf of the American people” and calling personal insults “beneath the office.”
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
It also established at least one clear boundary in American diplomacy: Rubio may travel the world on behalf of the president, but he won’t be doing it with a cooler full of fermented cabbage.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
“These petitions are signed by 100,000 men and women, who...ask nothing less than universal emancipation,” said Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, who presented the petitions on behalf of the Loyal League.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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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