1
: 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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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
The real scenes are much better—these are just stand-ins—and there are many, many more of them.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
Holly Franklin was doing it again late on a Friday morning, standing in the front yard of her Carmichael home, her African gray parrot’s cage perched beside her in the driveway, its door open in hopes of beckoning Kiki back home.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Riyadh will serve as a stand-in for multiple international cities, including Mumbai and Shanghai.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
The real scenes are much better—these are just stand-ins—and there are many, many more of them.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
The aim is to keep winning in the FA Cup, too, with a trip to Fulham next Saturday standing in the way of a semi-final at Wembley.
—Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
Holly Franklin was doing it again late on a Friday morning, standing in the front yard of her Carmichael home, her African gray parrot’s cage perched beside her in the driveway, its door open in hopes of beckoning Kiki back home.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Stand-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand-in. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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