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behest
noun as in order; personal decree
Example Sentences
Under previous administrations, the FDA tried to rein in the claims of stem cell promoters, but it may be backing off at the behest of RFK Jr.
Other analysts will see less panic and more of a classic Putin play at work in the phone call, which was said by the Kremlin to have taken place at Russia's behest.
Public servants who lived up to their oaths of office losing their careers or being charged with crimes at the behest of a man convicted of numerous felonies.
Divorced for 14 years, I’ve been out on the hustings, both on the street and, at my younger brother’s behest, online.
Many conservative activists and party leaders now claim that some Republicans are being rejected as customers because of their politics — and even at the behest of government regulators.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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