as in to substitute
to serve as a replacement usually for a time only
she will be standing in for the regular teacher for a week
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as in substitute
a person or thing that takes the place of another
hired him at the last minute as a stand-in for the person who quit
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Recent Examples of stand in
Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
Their girls stood in front of Mom and Dad, each of the sisters wearing different sparkly Eras tour outfits.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Oct. 2024
Naturally, being a human stand-in for a powerful politician—the commander in chief; the leader of the free world, etc.—could be rife with potential errors that not only could reflect poorly on Psaki herself, but even up the chain, creating bad press for the entire administration.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
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Takei, who was 5-years-old, stood in the driveway with his younger brother and watched one of the soldiers escort his mother out of the house.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
Their girls stood in front of Mom and Dad, each of the sisters wearing different sparkly Eras tour outfits.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Noun
Marion County Clerk Kate Sweeney Bell and Anne O’Connor, a stand-in Thursday evening for the election board chair, voted in favor of the additional hours at the township sites.
—Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Oct. 2024
Naturally, being a human stand-in for a powerful politician—the commander in chief; the leader of the free world, etc.—could be rife with potential errors that not only could reflect poorly on Psaki herself, but even up the chain, creating bad press for the entire administration.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
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Don’t substitute it for a squash or pumpkin that has stringy flesh like spaghetti squash or field pumpkin.Claudia Alexander, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Israel Foreign Minister Israel Katz criticized the U.N. as failing to address allegations that UNRWA staff in the Gaza Strip participated in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel, and said other international aid agencies are sufficient to substitute UNRWA’s work.Laura Kelly, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
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If Chickie can lure Dwight back into the fold, his replacement Vince and the others say, Chickie himself will be welcomed back too.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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These replacement practices often involve hobbies or activities that result in play.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
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In a separate case, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ruled that thousands of Pennsylvania mail-in ballots shouldn’t be counted if the date on the envelope wasn’t filled in correctly.Brian Bennett, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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Duggan also announced Melia Howard as his new deputy mayor after Todd Bettison left the post to fill in as the Detroit Police Department's interim police chief.Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2024
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But the Olympics in Italy a year later could be a reasonable goal, with some good fortune and another step in his development along the way.Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Instead, states have stepped in to push wages up, with 34 states, territories and districts now having minimum wages, nearly all of those above $10.Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Vice President Kamala Harris took over from Biden, who stepped aside under pressure in July.Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Jim Thomas, who took over the business when his dad retired, welcomed customers in for the party, along with many members of his family, including his wife, Josephine, his sister, Michele, and his mother, Dorothy (who made Cornish pasties by hand just for the occasion).Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Stand in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stand%20in. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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