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Instead
Instead meaning
In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.
Synonyms of Instead
Example sentences (20)
He recommended checking out Krakow instead of Rome, Chattanooga instead of Asheville, Belfast instead of London and Memphis instead of Nashville.
They introduced new or simplified spellings like lite instead of light, thru instead of through, smokey instead of smoky (for "smokey bacon" flavour crisps), and rucsac instead of rucksack.
I suggested ideas like Rose instead of Rhodes, Felix instead of Phoenix, and Buchanan instead of Buck.
As the organism grows, it develops features characteristic of a human: hands instead of tails, legs instead of paws, and a mouth instead of a beak.
Another added: “So instead of being cursed with the sight of his mom's flesh tuxedo he has to instead have the thought of his mom wanting to get it tightened up instead?
Let’s get to reality, so instead of the sound of the surf it’s cars on PCH, instead of a table below palm trees it’s a standard restaurant patio, and instead of a guitar it’s cars on PCH, again.
Pew Research Center says, without that population, California would lose two seats instead of one, Florida would gain one seat instead of two and Texas would gain two seats instead of three.
And because it was a missed field goal instead of a stuffed fourth-down try, the Lions took over at the 20 instead of their own 1-yard line, helping them run some clock and flip field position to make Pitt’s last play a prayer instead of a dagger.
Instead of serving a list, instead of bowing down to the expectations of others, and instead of bending to my own sometimes unreasonable expectations of myself, I want to take a knee before my King.
Those coin flips were what made Bill Walton a Blazer instead of a Sixer, Ralph Sampson a Rocket instead of a Pacer, and Magic Johnson a Laker instead of a Bull.
Almost regularly, a plain iota is replaced by the epsilon-iota diphthong (commonly if imprecisely known as itacism ), e.g. ΔΑΥΕΙΔ instead οf ΔΑΥΙΔ, ΠΕΙΛΑΤΟΣ instead of ΠΙΛΑΤΟΣ, ΦΑΡΕΙΣΑΙΟΙ instead of ΦΑΡΙΣΑΙΟΙ, etc. Jongkind, Dirk (2007).
Such mistakes in proper names are for instance: "Jungle Reinhard instead of Django Reinhart, Jorn Asten instead of Jane Austen, and Magnus Axle instead of Aldous Huxley".
The differences are that line matrix printers use a hammer bank (or print-shuttle) instead of print head, this print-shuttle has hammers instead of print wires, and these hammers are arranged in a horizontal row instead in vertical column.
But instead instead was attended to by a physician associate, who only had basic-level medical training and wasn't a qualified doctor, reports ManchesterEveningNews.
But instead of being paired with a Florida State team everyone wanted to play following Travis' season-ending injury, Harbaugh's crew must tangle with the sport's hottest team instead.
But in the age of the 24-hour news cycle, this is what we get – immediate responses instead of immediate investigation, demands for action instead of inquiries for details.
Critics say the parents didn’t intend to kill their children but instead made poor choices because of their addictions and are being further punished instead of being offered help.
Google says that now when you ask Bard a “computational” task like math or string manipulation, instead of showing the output of the language model, that language model will instead write a program.
He said: “Perhaps they could have had temporary traffic lights instead or done the work at night instead.
However, the surprise factor was that they instead double downed on defending their yield curve control policy - instead of those anticipating that perhaps they may further tweak or abandon it altogether eventually.