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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Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2025
Dorian at one point starts using an iPhone, face-tuning a selfie and applying Snapchat filters as a stand-in for the infamous portrait, which ages while Dorian himself remains youthful.
—Christian Lewis, Variety, 28 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
Saint is a stand-in for his father, who envisions himself as a martyr being attacked by all sides.
—Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2025
Dorian at one point starts using an iPhone, face-tuning a selfie and applying Snapchat filters as a stand-in for the infamous portrait, which ages while Dorian himself remains youthful.
—Christian Lewis, Variety, 28 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 1 Apr. 2025.
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