Thesaurus results for DOUBLE (AS)

double (as)

verb

Definition of double (as)

as in to stand in

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Identity and isolation are the walls; authorization is the lock on the door the agent is standing in front of.

— Julian Durand, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
And that’s why the CDC includes a 30-second chair stand in its fall-risk assessment.

— Dana Santas, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of stand in

Verb

Anthropic said last month that its own validation workloads grew 25 fold in six months as Claude took over most of its code output.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Westminster police detectives took over the investigation and determined that the deaths were a double homicide.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of take over

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The ability for anyone to generate strategy, code, or creative work in seconds effectively filled in the moats built on blitzscaling overnight.

— Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Seyfried, now literally playing a character in playing Holmes, also fills in for moments that Oppenheim didn’t or couldn’t record.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of fill in

Verb

Sporting Wichita Academy said the tragedy had shaken a soccer community built around families and teammates, thanking first responders, medical workers and bystanders who stepped in to help.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Niki Zucca, president of the Central Elementary PTO, noted her school has a high rate of poverty but Jose stepped in to help.

— Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of step in

Verb

Instead, Brammall and Dyer came close to substituting Colin with an elderly lady, before reverting to their original premise.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026
Both varieties of balsamic are tricky to substitute because their sweetness is as important as their acidity.

— Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026

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