Looking on the internet deeply has found these results:

instead of is the most popular phrase on the web.

Instead he was 195,900 results on the web	instead of 11,210,000,000 results on the web More popular!
Some examples and use cases from the internet:	Some examples and use cases from the internet:
Scott Walker Needed a Breakthrough Debate. Instead, He Was Lost in the Shuffle . The Wisconsin governor, lagging in polls, didn't stand out during Wednesday�... Instead he was a bigot. Lyric Meaning. Babe Ruth reportedly refused to play against black players. It was pretty well understood at the time that the Negro�... Oct 2, 2015 ... Instead, he was in Los Angeles on Dancing with the Stars , he said during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Ten people were�... Instead he was smiling at a rather severe looking woman who was wearing square glasses exactly the shape of the markings the cat had had around its eyes .	You insulted him instead of apologizing. The girls start singing and dancing together instead of talking. I couldn't bear torture and said yes instead of no. Increase productivity by importing ESPRIT elements instead of recreating them. Chamber instead of a full orchestra. Social antagonisms instead of being overcome politically are suppressed administratively. Someday, instead of managing brain degeneration with medication... Aneurysm must've leaked instead of burst.

Instead he was

195,900 results on the web

instead of

11,210,000,000 results on the web

More popular!

Scott Walker Needed a Breakthrough Debate. Instead, He Was Lost in the Shuffle . The Wisconsin governor, lagging in polls, didn't stand out during Wednesday�...
Instead he was a bigot. Lyric Meaning. Babe Ruth reportedly refused to play against black players. It was pretty well understood at the time that the Negro�...
Oct 2, 2015 ... Instead, he was in Los Angeles on Dancing with the Stars , he said during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Ten people were�...
Instead he was smiling at a rather severe
looking woman who was wearing square glasses exactly the shape of the markings the cat had had around its eyes .

You insulted him instead of apologizing.
The girls start singing and dancing together instead of talking.
I couldn't bear torture and said yes instead of no.
Increase productivity by importing ESPRIT elements instead of recreating them.
Chamber instead of a full orchestra.
Social antagonisms instead of being overcome politically are suppressed administratively.
Someday, instead of managing brain degeneration with medication...
Aneurysm must've leaked instead of burst.