Instead
Meanings and phrases
instead
- in place of, or as an alternative to; alternatively; or else
- on the contrary; rather
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- In some places, sticks are used instead of swords.
- The letter "h" is used instead, as in modern print.
- Internal stairs were used instead of ladders from .
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- instead of using a darning egg.
- Bagh instead of using the bus.
- Penn surprised Fitch by taking him to the ground instead of using his stand up skills.
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- These days everyone tries to fit in, instead of just being themselves.
- In it she encouraged women to study butterflies instead of just collecting them.
- Each participant had five seconds to look at a slide instead of just one second.
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- Treaties instead used terms such as "seat of government."
- It was instead used as a munitions depot.
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- What if instead of having them get married, Michael only dreams of getting married?
- The main twist this season is instead of having the two traditional tribes, there are three in this season.
- It is a positive integer and dimensionless (instead of having dimension of mass), because it expresses a count.
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- Clear Channel instead chose the call sign KTCN for 1130.
- They instead chose to resume the match after a twenty-minute delay.
- Tiatia instead chose to pursue a career in modeling in her teens and early twenties.
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- By the time he was able to marry her, however, he instead decided to become a celibate priest.
- Of Jewish birth, she instead decided to voluntarily enter the Jewish Vilna ghetto in September 1942.
- He abandoned the idea of entering the clergy in 1735, and instead decided to study at the Paris Law Faculty.
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- The British decided instead to land an army under Sir Ralph Abercromby at Abukir Bay.
- Boeing decided instead to pursue a shortened four-engine 747, resulting in the 747SP.
- Agnes demanded Włostowic's death, but her husband decided instead to make an example of him.
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- Williams instead became known for wearing glasses with a frosted lens.
- What started as a hobby instead became a successful campus organization.
- In 1989, he chose not to run again, and instead became a judge of Quebec Court.
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- However, the FTL did not join USI, choosing instead to remain autonomous.
- He did not pursue a university education, choosing instead to open a hardware store.
- Behrens never lived in it, choosing instead to sell it shortly after the exhibition.
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- 1, chose instead to keep the No.
- The daughter of a painter father, MacNeil chose instead to work in sculpture.
- He was offered a new contract but chose instead to go back to England in 1965.
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- The role instead went to Butch Patrick.
- The role instead went to Roy Marsden.
- Roop instead went down two weight classes to bantamweight and faced Eddie Wineland.
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- The EuroStar has no doors, instead using large fabric panels.
- Unusually, the deck has no balsa core, instead using solid glassfibre construction.
- They rarely come to the ground, instead using their long arms to brachiate through the trees.
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- Other prisoners were burned, instead of going to Fort Monroe as ordered.
- It was a really hopeful time, and things were going up instead of going down.
- He was then 38 years old, and instead of going in first-wicket-down as he did for his club, batted at nine and 10.
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- He instead only recognised five candidates as legitimate.
- The station is not staffed, instead only being equipped with a ticket vending machine.
- EMD used no such identification, and instead only kept track of the marketing name (e.g.
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- from Disney so instead focused on original projects.
- We thought it would be a little strange if we gave Godzilla a daughter, so instead we gave him a son".
- They found their shells had no effect on the armoured sides of the ships, so instead aimed at masts and rigging.
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- He instead joined up with League Two side Barnet.
- In 1906 Ross resigned from the bank, and instead joined the Wheat City Flour Mills Company.
- They instead joined the Canterbury Rugby League and Devine followed, converting to rugby league.
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- Ebizō had formerly been written as "海老蔵", but the new Ebizō would instead use "鰕蔵".
- As even the most massive atoms are far too light to work with directly, chemists instead use the unit of moles.
- Some so-called "sawing" illusions do not actually involve a saw but instead use plain blades or blunt dividing panels.
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- In 2016, State Representative Mike Hill did not run for re-election, opting instead to run for State Senator.
- Travis declared for the 2018 NBA draft, but did not sign with an agent; opting instead to return for his redshirt-senior year.
- The Saudi monarch refused bin Laden's offer, opting instead to allow US and allied forces to deploy troops into Saudi territory.
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- Antonucci refused to give it, and instead took the show to Cartoon Network.
- From 1966, he instead took the lead on railway-related workers in the union.
- As a result, he instead took command of the aircraft carrier on 30 June 1942.
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- Similarly, Chang generally refused to sell his works, preferring instead to gain income through other means.
- However, the label has gradually departed from this model, preferring instead to sign production contracts when possible.
- Most scholars reject these accounts as no more than hearsay, preferring instead the account given by Attila's contemporary Priscus.
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- He lost his state sports scholarship and instead opted for a purely academic one.
- When Baer instead opted to fight James J. Braddock, they withdrew recognition of him as champion.
- He had waived his right to a jury trial and instead opted to have the case heard solely by a judge.
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- Sonny finds out that Carmel has used a doll instead of taking Kathleen-Angel.
- In contra dance, instead of taking one's corner's hand, one grasps the wrist of the next dancer.
- He later returns home in a drunken stupor, lamenting that he fought the case instead of taking a deal.
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- from Disney so instead focused on original projects.
- Eradication was abandoned in 1969 and attention instead focused on controlling and treating the disease.
- It was widely admired, but most historians did not try to replicate it and instead focused on their specialized monographs.
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- He instead made his way to Essendon, in the 1992 Mid-Season Draft.
- Saturday's winner's bracket semifinal was instead made the championship match.
- Firefighters instead made firebreaks in the roof on September 12 to prevent further spreading.
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- In July 2001, Tickets.com ceased deep linking to Ticketmaster, instead focusing on its own ticket offerings.
- Milan fell away, instead focusing their efforts on the European Cup, and it seemed that Cagliari would retain top spot.
- Anthony Albanese accused union powerbrokers of not listening to the electorate and instead focusing on its own ructions.
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- Many philosophers have chosen instead to leave some terms undefined.
- Subsequently, Charles Asgill was chosen instead, by a drawing of lots from a hat.
- In the event, Canterbury was chosen instead of London, owing to political circumstances.
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- He instead signed a contract with Stoke City with a fee of £1.75 million being set at a tribunal.
- At the end of the campaign, Rougier was not offered a new contract, and instead signed with Brentford.
- However, not long after, it was announced that Jhingan had instead signed for Mumbai for the rest of the I-League campaign.
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- Norfolk Southern instead opting for more SD70ACe Tier-4 credit locomotives.
- In contrast to Cuyonon, Ratagnon dropped the schwa /ë/ sound, instead opting for a “u/o” sound.
- Bencic did not play again on the junior tour until May 2013, instead opting to focus on professional events.
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- These names do not use the name "Confucius" at all, but instead focus on the ideal of the Confucian man.
- In 1997, Roberts quit graduate school to instead focus on children's music and record his first album, "Great Big Sun".
- On November 20, 2009 the comic went on hiatus, with the author writing that she would instead focus on her band, Absinthe Junk.
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- If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead.
- Richie prays that whatever fate awaits him be given instead to Eddie.
- Cisplatin ("Platinol") was given instead of carboplatin ("Paraplatin").
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- He did not seek re-election in 1977, instead choosing to step aside for party leader Sterling Lyon.
- He did not plan out in advance what would happen in the series, instead choosing to draw as he went.
- ZIPGUN was one of a number of Seattle bands that avoided the prevailing musical trend, instead choosing to play punk rock.
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- He was instead sent to a desk job in the war supplies department.
- Tres Way tried for his first career field goal but instead sent it flying to the left.
- When the United States government blocked his admission, he was instead sent to a military college in Russia.
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- The concert was instead played in the summer of 2009.
- He did not make the team and instead played professionally for 13 seasons in the UK, Poland and Dominican Republic.
- However, he failed to receive more call-up from U20 nor U21 and instead played for Italy U20 "C", the youth representatives from Serie C only.
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- It instead uses secondary treated sewage water in its cooling system.
- Modern fiction instead uses the word "gnomess" to refer to female gnomes.
- STORM instead uses immunolabeling of endogenous molecules in the sample with antibodies tagged with organic fluorophores.
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- Sassou Nguesso instead appointed Ossébi as Ambassador to UNESCO in 2017.
- In mid-February 1997, he was instead appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- He was instead appointed temporarily acting governor before the new elections.
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- Gates was unwilling to help, and instead began humanitarian aid efforts in Africa and China.
- Kenen never complied with the order, but instead began working on public relations for the American Zionist Council (AZC).
- Following boundary changes, he instead began representing Lewisham South on the LCC, and in 1948, he became chair of the council.
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- Draper instead turned the letters over to the police.
- When she got it, she instead turned the Groac'h into a toad with it.
- After World War One the yard stopped manufacturing ships and instead turned to repair work.
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- The five-vowel system instead conforms to the prototypical system of the Oceanic area .
- Unemployment funds do not pay benefits to sick members, who will be transferred to a municipal social support system instead.
- The tax is so high that essentially all beverage manufacturers and importers opt to join the Palpa system instead of paying the excise tax.
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- Some men instead moved on to posts in Imperial administration, especially as procurator.
- In 1811, during the French invasion, was instead moved into the Community of Pian di Sco.
- After the 2007 season he rejected a new contract and instead moved to Ham-Kam on a Bosman transfer.
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- A very strong B-Der himself, but he is the type that rather be alone instead of making friends.
- But instead of making the film interesting, they have only turned it into a long and dreary affair."
- It seeks to rearm the military and form a Nordic defense alliance, instead of making Sweden dependent on NATO.
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- DXC’s key to success was to help people build careers in a supported environment instead of simply providing jobs.
- Moreover, instead of simply bypassing the Polish positions, the Russian commander decided to attack them frontally.
- that the poles have formula_41, where formula_42 is a fixed value strictly greater than zero, instead of simply asking that formula_43.
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- The troops instead found themselves commandeered by Mao Zedong and marched south up into the Jinggang mountains.
- Riders instead found themselves engaged in verbal and physical altercations with motorists and police, as well as among themselves.
- Captain Henry Darby on "Bellerophon" missed his intended anchor near "Franklin" and instead found his ship underneath the main battery of the French flagship.
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- The name Bito was then instead given to one of Fuka's trainees as a ring name.
- SGA is only weakly active orally, and is instead given as a subcutaneous implant.
- Buland, Larsson and Vestli were later reprieved, and instead given a lifelong jail sentence.
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- Peugeot instead ran a third 905 Evo 1B for the home crowd in the race.
- (Bernsen instead ran unsuccessfully for Texas Land Commissioner, losing that race to Jerry E.
- Term limits prevented her from seeking a third Senate term in 2006; she instead ran unsuccessfully for Secretary of State.
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- Players were now allowed forward passing in the offensive zone, instead of only in the defensive and neutral zones.
- With Saxe-Weimer's army France began involving itself directly into the war, instead of only subsidizing the Swedes.
- Part of the Commodore 64's success was its sale in regular retail stores instead of only electronics or computer hobbyist specialty stores.
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- Universal wanted Eastwood to shoot the feature on its back lot, but Eastwood opted instead to film on location.
- DiLeo opted instead to return to the Sixers' front office as senior vice president and assistant general manager.
- Seeing that this was impractical and would draw Frankish attention to himself, he opted instead for the title of "princeps" (prince).
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- Most times, accomplished players choose to position balls near their pocket instead of trying to actually pocket them.
- He explained that "instead of trying to explain mystical experience," he "tr[ies] to create a context and a vocabulary that maybe gets at [a philosophy] slightly more."
- In 1958–59 he played too defensively and surrendered the initiative too readily to Richie Benaud and he concentrated on saving runs instead of trying to get batsmen out.
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- poems 63 and 64), focusing instead on small-scale personal themes.
- They did not often use vases, focusing instead on garlands and wreaths.
- The film abandoned the love letters that had formed much of the source material, focusing instead on actions.
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- As designed, it was similar to Twitter, but with no advertising, instead relying on user and developer subscriptions.
- It is rare for Japanese rural prefectures to have access to substantial fiscal resources, instead relying upon the national government.
- During the two-year period, Marcel was unable to walk unaided for approximately twelve months, instead relying on the use of two walking sticks.
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- This freed Andreas – instead of soldiering – to pursue a career closer to his heart.
- Sunday and Monday did not include a Daily Show – instead a recap of the day was merged into the Sunday and Monday live shows.
- So when saying “Bismillahi”, the Lām should not be pronounced with a heavy emphasis – instead, just with the tip of the tongue.
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- In September 1833 occurred the first use of "Yorkshire" as the team name instead of "Sheffield".
- She chose to exhibit under her full maiden name instead of using a pseudonym or her married name.
- The reason was Tsuchiura always called her by her last name, but Mizue called him in his first name instead.
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- Zingano instead faced Raquel Pennington at on October 6, 2012.
- Rivera instead faced Costas Philippou.
- Minakov instead faced Tim Johnson.
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- The firm also uses a multiple-manager approach instead of relying on a single fund manager for almost all its offerings.
- It's possible that the best treatment for Aphasia might involve combining drug treatment with therapy, instead of relying on one over the other.
- The 1950s was chosen because the detective could solve puzzles using his mind and knowledge of human nature instead of relying on modern technology.
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- The state of Arizona sought disgorgement instead of returning funds to consumers.
- Some Australians later joined local South African irregular units, instead of returning home after discharge.
- He had given a loan of 10 crores to Damania and his friends but they killed him instead of returning the loan.
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- These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces.
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- These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces.
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- They differ from hawks, eagles and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons.
- They differ from hawks, eagles, and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons.
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- Santanché opposed Storace's political line and instead proposed an alliance with the PdL.
- Christie instead proposed cutting taxes "across the board," although he refused to say by how much.
- NSB therefore rejected taking over the line and instead proposed running a bus service from Tønsberg to Auli twice per day.
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- The police instead called in the parish constable for Richmond.
- If the likelihood is 100%, then "x" is instead called sufficient.
- Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock instead called them mainstream films with transgressive elements.