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Also, in lieu of ; in place of ; in someone's stead . In substitution for, rather than. For example, She wore a dress instead of slacks , or They had a soprano in lieu of a tenor , or In place of soft drinks they served fruit juice , or The chairman spoke in her stead . Instead of dates from about 1200; in lieu of , which borrows lieu , meaning “place,” from French, dates from the late 1200s; in place of dates from the 1500s; and in someone's stead from the 1200s. Also see under in someone's shoes .

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Instead of saying, ‘Well, I think we may have found this species that was first described 125 years ago by a German botanist who came on a mission to a remote part of Brazil,’ here's a picture of the thing so you can see it.

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So instead of stock picking or betting on individual winners, passive investors buy and hold a broad, diversified mix of assets, such as index funds or exchange-traded funds.

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"Instead of outguessing the market, let me make all these thousands or millions of people who are investing work for me. I’m just going to sit back and let them duke it out," Booth says.

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“Instead of competing through innovation, Uber has resorted to litigation. Uber is trying to deter merchants from working with us and use legal threats to win business it hasn’t earned.”

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She also made waves when she said being in the house had made her decide to identify as queer instead of lesbian.

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