the stand
noun
: the place where a witness testifies in court
She lied while on the stand.
The witness was asked to take the stand.
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Rushdie, 77, took the stand during the trial, vividly describing the attack that blinded him in one eye.
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 21 Feb. 2025
No gun was presented as evidence in the trial and Mayers did not take the stand in his defense.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Earlier on Thursday, Belcher took the stand in his own defense.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Giuliani had been slated to take the stand as the trial’s first witness but never turned up — posting a video of a dog on social media at Mar-a-Lago while reporters questioned his whereabouts.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 21 Feb. 2025
No gun was presented as evidence in the trial and Mayers did not take the stand in his defense.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Earlier on Thursday, Belcher took the stand in his own defense.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Giuliani had been slated to take the stand as the trial’s first witness but never turned up — posting a video of a dog on social media at Mar-a-Lago while reporters questioned his whereabouts.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
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“The stand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20stand. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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