Noun
a summer internship will stand you in good stead when applying to college
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Donald Trump wanted his daughter Ivanka Trump to take over The Apprentice in his stead, a new book reveals, but NBC had other ideas.—Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024 Queen Camilla stepped in his stead at the event at Worcester Cathedral, reportedly becoming the first consort to distribute Maundy money to local pensioners at the ceremony, which parallels Jesus washing the Apostles’ feet at the Last Supper.—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024 The outing reportedly came to be because a mutual friend who was originally set to accompany Frederik around Madrid got sick, and asked Casanova, who is an expert in Picasso art, to go in his stead.—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024 Another inflection point came in 2021, when former mixed martial arts fighter and hard-right council member Tito Ortiz resigned from his post and the remaining members appointed a Democrat, Rhonda Bolton, in his stead.—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024 The Kings’ other left blue-liner, Andreas Englund, actually played one second less than his season average of time on ice, with winger Adrian Kempe skating several shifts on defense in Anderson’s stead.—Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 24 Feb. 2024 Backups Andrew Nembhard and T.J. McConnell each have considerable experience playing behind Haliburton and playing in his stead at this point, and Bruce Brown also has plenty of experience as a primary and secondary ball-handler.—Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2024 Eighty-six percent of the union vote was in favor of AI use, but studios must obtain an actor's consent before digitally emulating them; actors will be paid for the days a digital replica is used in their stead.—Ayesha Khanna, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024 In its stead, China has become the top dog, alongside the U.S.—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English stede, from Old English; akin to Old High German stat place, Old English standan to stand — more at stand
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3
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