lieu
Example Sentences
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He is being held in lieu of $1.4-million bail and faces 26 years in state prison if convicted as charged.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Massie is a throwback libertarian who, in lieu of the standard lawmaker flag pin, wears on his lapel a national debt clock that he programmed himself.
From Slate • May 19, 2026
Relying solely on geographic diversification methods, in which portfolios seek to offset losses in one market in lieu of another, also belongs to a bygone era, according to Holzer.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
Your Roth conversions would need to be made in addition to those withdrawals, not in lieu of them.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
She sent a note to their apartment in lieu of her usual Sunday visit, claiming she had the stomach flu and had to stay home.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
Vocabulary lists containing lieu
The Tempest
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Scrabble: Four-Letter Words with 3 Vowels
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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