instead of

1. 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.

Example Sentences

Instead of calling a friend, colleague or family member every time I went out for a walk or an errand, I fired up the ChatGPT app.

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I’ve returned to reaching out to humans for professional advice, instead of making AI my first port of call.

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"But there is a level of risk that gets injected into the system when we have a controller that's doing two jobs instead of one," he said.

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People are more likely to cheat when they delegate a task to artificial intelligence instead of doing it themselves, suggests a new study.

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Instead of excuses, the focus will be on teamwork and elite performance to accelerate their rise in the world game.

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