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Example Sentences
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The Integrity Unit of the San Francisco public defender’s office filed a complaint on his behalf in May 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The 23-page lawsuit was filed in New York state court, on behalf of three such homeowners—Rachel O’Brien, Carmine Morano and Simon Hedley.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
It was nice to be asked, and your husband “unasked” you on her behalf.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Where parents or guardians didn't set them up, the CTFs were created by the UK government on the child's behalf.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
I'd flown to South Dakota, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Arkansas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and California to argue cases on behalf of condemned children over the preceding months.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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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