Examples of stead in a Sentence
Noun
a summer internship will stand you in good stead when applying to college
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Cal Revely-Calder,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Mario Pašalić has come on in his stead.
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Monica Alba,
NBC news,
24 June 2026
To root for #TeamBlack is to know that nothing good can come from impulse, and rueful laughter rippled across the lawn as Jace, eager to fight in his mother’s stead, locks Rhaenyra in her chambers to prevent her from risking her life in battle.
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Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
For most of it, Germany did not look like the inevitable winners, and perhaps that stands them in good stead for the knockout rounds.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
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Noun
No true face is as standardizable as the image the person has sent in its stead, and another friend, my partner, even my boss might have sent me the exact same little face earlier.
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Cal Revely-Calder,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Mario Pašalić has come on in his stead.
—
Monica Alba,
NBC news,
24 June 2026
To root for #TeamBlack is to know that nothing good can come from impulse, and rueful laughter rippled across the lawn as Jace, eager to fight in his mother’s stead, locks Rhaenyra in her chambers to prevent her from risking her life in battle.
—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
For most of it, Germany did not look like the inevitable winners, and perhaps that stands them in good stead for the knockout rounds.
—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
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“Stead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stead. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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