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: someone employed to occupy an actor's place while lights and camera are readied
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Examples of stand-in in a Sentence
Noun
hired him at the last minute as a stand-in for the person who quit
Verb
she will be standing in for the regular teacher for a week
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Manuel Rueda, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
In the past month, the country’s been placed under martial law, had its sitting — and stand-in — president impeached, is at its second acting president (so far) and suffered a tragic plane crash.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
Larry Penner, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
Before then, Jackson and Allen stand in each other’s ways.
—Peter Sblendorio, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Those detained recently include the director of a freedom of speech group, and the son in law of Edmundo González, the retired diplomat who became the opposition's stand-in candidate in July's election, and is now in exile.
—Manuel Rueda, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
In the past month, the country’s been placed under martial law, had its sitting — and stand-in — president impeached, is at its second acting president (so far) and suffered a tragic plane crash.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
Some riders will end up standing in the vestibules and aisles.
—Larry Penner, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
Before then, Jackson and Allen stand in each other’s ways.
—Peter Sblendorio, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Stand-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand-in. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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