the stand
noun
: the place where a witness testifies in court
She lied while on the stand.
The witness was asked to take the stand.
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Three executives from those companies — Salvatore Monarca, John Duffy and Antonietta Roy — have already pleaded guilty to bribing Diamantis, and all of them are likely to take the stand in the upcoming trial.
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Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2025
Tierra Curry, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity, has yet to take the stand.
—Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
That changed when Carmen Mejia, a 31-year-old mother of four who stood accused of killing someone else’s baby, took the stand in the 167th District Court that fall.
—Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Her friend, Nicole Harmon, took the stand and testified that her lifelong best friend never expressed wanting to die.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2025
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Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2025
Tierra Curry, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity, has yet to take the stand.
—Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
That changed when Carmen Mejia, a 31-year-old mother of four who stood accused of killing someone else’s baby, took the stand in the 167th District Court that fall.
—Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Her friend, Nicole Harmon, took the stand and testified that her lifelong best friend never expressed wanting to die.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for the stand
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“The stand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20stand. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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