1
: 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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Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
The 8 x 60’ series will be shot in Ireland and Hamilton, Ontario, which Donovan described as a convincing stand-in for 1920s Chicago.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
JSTOR Daily, 12 Oct. 2025
There, two fathers – one waiting on his son’s remains; another expecting his son’s embrace, stood in a uniquely Israeli moment of paradox, suspended between grief and joy.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Hegseth approved the use of up to 600 military lawyers as stand-in immigration judges earlier this month, AP reported at the time.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
The 8 x 60’ series will be shot in Ireland and Hamilton, Ontario, which Donovan described as a convincing stand-in for 1920s Chicago.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
Children…who had previously not read for pleasure are standing in line at bookstores and libraries to get the next book in the series.
—JSTOR Daily, 12 Oct. 2025
There, two fathers – one waiting on his son’s remains; another expecting his son’s embrace, stood in a uniquely Israeli moment of paradox, suspended between grief and joy.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stand-in
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“Stand-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand-in. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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