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: someone employed to occupy an actor's place while lights and camera are readied
2
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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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Writer-director Hikari’s comedy-drama, costarring Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Gorman and Akira Emoto, follows Fraser’s American actor taking on the role of stand-in father to a Tokyo family in need.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Two young women stood in front, plopped two tokens into a metal belt, pressed a lever, and watched as a credit-card-sized piece of cardboard slid out.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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Noun
His ambitions get somewhat begrudging support from obvious Jim Halpert stand-in Mare (Chelsea Frei), the most competent journalist in the newsroom.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Writer-director Hikari’s comedy-drama, costarring Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Gorman and Akira Emoto, follows Fraser’s American actor taking on the role of stand-in father to a Tokyo family in need.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
The Smurl family's house is still standing in West Pittston.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Two young women stood in front, plopped two tokens into a metal belt, pressed a lever, and watched as a credit-card-sized piece of cardboard slid out.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 6 Sep. 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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