behalf
Example Sentences
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For instance, a health question asked on behalf of a child or parent can be mistaken for your own.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Will traditional credit-card payment rails remain relevant in a world where artificial-intelligence agents end up making payments on a consumer’s behalf?
From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026
Many of the individual plaintiffs and members of the union making the complaint on their behalf aren’t Christian at all.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
She was chosen by Herefordshire Council's Wye Catchment Nutrient Management Board to speak on behalf of the river and vote on its behalf in official meetings.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
In the midst of the chaos Schindler again seized an opportunity to act on our behalf.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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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