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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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Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
These digital stand-ins can feel revolutionary for individuals who struggle to find meaningful human connections.
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Costco’s stance on DEI stands in contrast to some other major corporations that have scaled back such initiatives, including Walmart, McDonald’s, Google, Meta, Zoom, Ford (F-0.39%), and John Deere (DE).
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Noun
Most of his books are set in Kindle County, a stand-in for Chicago, and many of his characters return later in different books, evoking a bustling fictional community.
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
These digital stand-ins can feel revolutionary for individuals who struggle to find meaningful human connections.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
A day care provider is accused of making a child stand in an alley in freezing temperatures as punishment, Illinois police said.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2025
Costco’s stance on DEI stands in contrast to some other major corporations that have scaled back such initiatives, including Walmart, McDonald’s, Google, Meta, Zoom, Ford (F-0.39%), and John Deere (DE).
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Stand-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand-in. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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