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A much smaller percentage said they’d be OK with an agent making purchases on their behalf autonomously.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Thill flagged barriers to adoption of agentic commerce, or the idea that bots could make purchases on behalf of users.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
About 13,000 drivers were seeking nearly £200m in damages, Reuters reported, while a claim on behalf of Kabbie and Iride, two private hire firms that have since closed, sought about £140m.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
"We are beyond heartbroken to lose our beloved son and brother," Crawford wrote in a post on Instagram on behalf of her family, alongside a black-and-white photo of him.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
In preparing litigation on behalf of the children we were representing, it was clear that these shocking and senseless crimes couldn’t be evaluated honestly without understanding the lives these children had been forced to endure.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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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