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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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Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Steve Young—who wasn’t born an artist like Elway or Joe Montana but, rather, was a good student who took notes—serves as a kind of wise stand-in for the author at times.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
David Hochman, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Picked 16th in the preseason poll, ASU was the last team standing in December and advanced to the CFP.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The film crew had to manufacture one of those toy stores to stand-in for the hiding spot for Manchester for the movie.
—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Steve Young—who wasn’t born an artist like Elway or Joe Montana but, rather, was a good student who took notes—serves as a kind of wise stand-in for the author at times.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
Robotic dogs and militant imagery stand in for violence and human invention turned destructive.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Picked 16th in the preseason poll, ASU was the last team standing in December and advanced to the CFP.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Stand-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand-in. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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