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on behalf of

ADVERB
for someone
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Lee Reynolds, prosecuting on behalf of Swansea Council, told the court the firm had "misled wholesalers, retailers and consumers".

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Inaction on behalf of your husband is an action.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

The complaint is being filed on behalf of 14 deportees, some of whom are currently held in Equatorial Guinea under conditions "amounting to arbitrary and indefinite detention", according to the lawsuit, seen by AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The same month, a New York court convicted Lu Jianwang, a U.S. citizen, for his part in setting up a police station in New York on behalf of China, and obstructing justice by destroying evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Certainly she wasn’t putting in any effort on behalf of her future womanhood.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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