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Example Sentences
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Some banks will allow a 16-year-old to open a simple checking account on their own behalf, but rules vary.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
“Against a volatile backdrop, monetization activity accelerated, and over the past 12 months we’ve invested more capital on behalf of our clients than at any point in our history,” Bae and Nuttall said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Mangione has been hailed in some quarters of the internet as a latter-day Robin Hood, fighting against a rigged system on behalf of working people.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
In a statement on Sunday on behalf of Wexford Arts Centre, its Executive Director Elizabeth Whyte said she was deeply shocked and saddened to hear of his death.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
Eventually, the KGB came up with a scheme that would serve as a kind of smoke screen for Blake's spying on behalf of Russia.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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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