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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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Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 7 June 2024
Building on decades of foundation developed by Toronto’s Afro-Caribbean diaspora, Drake celebrated the true spirit of a city that famously existed in the cultural memory as a generic stand-in for New York and Chicago in films.
—Hazlitt, 30 May 2024
David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 June 2024
The former Food Network star engaged in some funny banter on Threads with her boyfriend Mike Goodnough after the two went on a date to a hot dog stand in New Jersey.
—Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024
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Noun
In the Gulf of Guinea, Ghanaian, Libyan and Tunisian commandos roped down from assault helicopters to seize stand-in terrorist leaders aboard an Italian frigate in a mock maritime raid.
—Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 7 June 2024
Building on decades of foundation developed by Toronto’s Afro-Caribbean diaspora, Drake celebrated the true spirit of a city that famously existed in the cultural memory as a generic stand-in for New York and Chicago in films.
—Hazlitt, 30 May 2024
Verb
That’s how in December 1992 at The Breakers hotel in Palm Beach, Huizenga and Eisner stood in front of the Board of Governors with their formal requests of franchises.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 June 2024
The former Food Network star engaged in some funny banter on Threads with her boyfriend Mike Goodnough after the two went on a date to a hot dog stand in New Jersey.
—Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024
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“Stand-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand-in. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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