Thesaurus results for DOUBLE (AS)

double (as)

verb

Definition of double (as)

as in to stand in

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The tradition took hold in 1963, when a young musician later known as Screaming Lord Sutch stood in a by-election.

— Reagan Yip, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Lee said Alameda County and Oakland authorities shut down her lemonade stand in June and seized her equipment during an enforcement operation in Uptown Oakland.

— Da Lin, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of stand in

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Semenyo had already completed a prolific season in England’s Premier League, scoring 17 league goals to take over boyhood idol Tony Yeboah’s long-standing record for most scored by a Ghanaian in a single season.

— Andrew McNicol, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
The new inspections are the result of a New York City Department of Investigation (DOI) report from March that revealed squatters took over at least 548 vacant NYCHA units from 2022 through 2025.

— Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

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Aetrex orthotics are made from high grade polyurethane, engineered to fill in all the spaces between your foot and the ground to give you comfort and relieve foot and back pain.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Baffled residents, who don’t know whether their data have been stolen or compromised, have been trying their best to fill in the blanks.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of fill in

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This week's hearings mark the first major step in Anthony's post-conviction appeals process following his sentencing.

— CBS Texas Staff, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
For Washington, the project represents another major step in turning AUKUS from a strategic agreement into physical industrial capacity.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of step in

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Larson and his people were dismissive of Bronin’s campaign and seemed to think contempt could substitute for substance.

— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
Alaves' Ángel Pérez was reprimanded by coach Quique Sánchez Flores after being substituted and punching the bench several times.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

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