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double (as)

verb

Definition of double (as)

as in to stand in

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Community outraged over shooting Over the past few days, a vigil was held to grieve the teenager before he was identified and protesters marched in the city’s downtown to stand in solidarity with Williams’ family and call for accountability.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
North End Zone fan experience The two-story structure takes the place of the old metal stands in the North End and seats approximately 1,600 in both field-level suites and loge boxes.

— Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026

Definition of stand in

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The name traces back to farmers who hauled buckets, seed and equipment across their land before modern machinery took over.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
The move traces back to farmers hauling buckets, equipment or seed before modern machinery took over the work.

— Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026

Definition of take over

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Ideally, Liverpool need to recruit a versatile defender with a decent level of experience under his belt who could fill in both at right-back and centre-back.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 25 July 2026
The departures of McDuffie and Watson left a significant void, one the Chiefs hoped to fill in the NFL Draft.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026

Definition of fill in

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Like many of the club’s acquisitions, Straus’ had been lauded as a definitive step in the right direction for a team that has largely underperformed.

— Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 21 July 2026
The update, announced on July 20, marks an important step in the development of the power and propulsion system for the future combat aircraft being jointly developed by the United Kingdom, Italy, and Japan.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026

Definition of step in

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Sunmaxxing itself is free, but a commercial layer has formed around tracking it, coaching it or substituting for it when the sun is not cooperating.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
If entry-level consultants, lawyers, and financial analysts were being systematically substituted out at the pace Amodei described to 60 Minutes in November 2025, McCrory’s occupation-level unemployment data should already show some divergence.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 July 2026

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