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Looking for the meaning or definition of the word instead of? Here's what it means.

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She visited the Princess Royal University Hospital's maternity ward to encourage parents to use reusable nappies instead of disposable ones.
Then you hear them reading their poems and instead of rich and resonant voice full of authority and confidence there's a thin, reedy croak.
A gouge auger is similar, but instead of a screw thread there is a sharp-ended tube with a slot cut in the side.
Grinning, Sean, instead of letting go of the joysticks, gripped them harder and pulled a barrel roll.
That means challenging Scots to better themselves instead of meekly accepting shoddy and second-rate services.
The sharp, thornlike spines along its leaves arch away from the leaf tip instead of towards it.

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