How to pronounce instead
Listen to instead in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“instead” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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Instead our investigation Instead our investigation determ Instead our investigation determined Instead our investigation determined that
Dept of Justice · watch from 5:20 · hear it here
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Instead, the money has been spent on policing instead.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 134:11 · hear it here
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no attempt even to answer the question Mr Speaker instead of instead
UK Parliament · watch from 4:58 · hear it here
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instead of previously 10%?
CDC · watch from 15:39 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of instead. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.