1
: someone employed to occupy an actor's place while lights and camera are readied
2
stood in; standing in; stands in
: to act as a stand-in
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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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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026
There are plenty of clues that the bird Barbara speaks with, a transgender Marxist who loves lesbian sci-fi, is a stand-in for the author.
—Isle McElroy, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 22 Mar. 2026
Starting with a sweeping shot of Seoul’s Joseon-era Gyeongbokgung Palace, the live-stream eventually revealed the seven men of BTS standing in front of the palace.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 21 Mar. 2026
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Noun
But unbeknownst to Anthony, his arc is so tightly scripted that even the big confrontation that wraps up the season is one the cast has been rehearsing for months with a stand-in.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026
There are plenty of clues that the bird Barbara speaks with, a transgender Marxist who loves lesbian sci-fi, is a stand-in for the author.
—Isle McElroy, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
Each disk stood in for an atom, and the springs acted like atomic bonds.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 22 Mar. 2026
Starting with a sweeping shot of Seoul’s Joseon-era Gyeongbokgung Palace, the live-stream eventually revealed the seven men of BTS standing in front of the palace.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 21 Mar. 2026
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“Stand-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand-in. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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