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Building on that foundation, the teams created a so-called harness to direct those models and also constructed dozens of agents to perform tasks on behalf of users.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The county won control of the annual homeless count and will apply for federal grants on behalf of homeless service providers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
The cable network reported that the operation was linked to a criminal fraud investigation concerning immigration paperwork submitted on behalf of the Somali-born congresswoman by her late father when she was a child.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
About 100 Poles based in the UK carried out work on behalf of Bletchley Park between 1940 and 1945.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Mr. Jeffries had apparently learned his lesson and didn’t make any more pleas for help on my behalf.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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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