1
: someone employed to occupy an actor's place while lights and camera are readied
2
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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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
LaBella was brought in as a stand-in, without advance warning, preparation or consent, and without an intimacy coordinator present, the suit alleges.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 28 May 2025
Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
People stand in front of an Apple store in Beijing, China, on April 9, 2025.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 23 May 2025
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Noun
Sure, the Malfoys are in effect more or less pureblood Aryan stand-ins, but this is also a series that had almost no minority characters at all and none in major roles.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
LaBella was brought in as a stand-in, without advance warning, preparation or consent, and without an intimacy coordinator present, the suit alleges.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 28 May 2025
Verb
Where do the two sides stand in contract discussions?
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
People stand in front of an Apple store in Beijing, China, on April 9, 2025.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 23 May 2025
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“Stand-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand-in. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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