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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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Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Steve Young—who wasn’t born an artist like Elway or Joe Montana but, rather, was a good student who took notes—serves as a kind of wise stand-in for the author at times.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Two young women stood in front, plopped two tokens into a metal belt, pressed a lever, and watched as a credit-card-sized piece of cardboard slid out.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The film crew had to manufacture one of those toy stores to stand-in for the hiding spot for Manchester for the movie.
—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Steve Young—who wasn’t born an artist like Elway or Joe Montana but, rather, was a good student who took notes—serves as a kind of wise stand-in for the author at times.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
The Smurl family's house is still standing in West Pittston.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Two young women stood in front, plopped two tokens into a metal belt, pressed a lever, and watched as a credit-card-sized piece of cardboard slid out.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stand-in
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“Stand-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand-in. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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