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Example Sentences
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Traditional custodial accounts are available at most brokerages and let an adult, usually a parent, manage an account on behalf of a child of any age.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Sheriff officers enforce court orders and pursue debts on behalf of the court.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
If it tanks, I’ll have jinxed it on behalf of all those EpiPen overpayers from the mid-2010s.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Under these agreements, local law enforcement officers conduct operations on ICE’s behalf, including confirmation of address and school enrollment, and then pass any information they collect to the Department of Homeland Security.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
Enquiries based on this premise are bound to conclude that the claims made on behalf of well-founded beliefs are excessive because that conclusion is built into the methodology.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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