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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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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 May 2024
Berman’s stand-in, Deborah Lehrman, is played by Lily Rabe.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 12 May 2024
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Noun
Grégoire Colin, meanwhile, plays Alain Cariou, a Caldwell stand-in in several ways — those with a working knowledge of the Khmer Rouge will undoubtedly recognize his story — but a character whose objectives are plucked out of Panh’s imagination.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 May 2024
Berman’s stand-in, Deborah Lehrman, is played by Lily Rabe.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 12 May 2024
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“Stand-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand-in. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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