doubling (as)

verb

present participle of double (as)
as in standing in

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  1. standing in
  2. filling in
  3. stepping in
  4. taking over
Verb
  • Moments later the Tesla Model 3 raced down a residential street in Katy, Texas, at highway speeds, slammed into a brick home and killed a 76-year-old woman standing in the front room.
    — Bernard Condon, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • But the Ukrainians are still confidently inside the town center, with the General Staff posting a video of one officer casually standing in Victory Square in November.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Definition of standing in
Verb
  • For this week’s Infinite Scroll column, Brady Brickner-Wood is filling in for Kyle Chayka.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
  • Today, when leaders are rarely seen or heard, more people are filling in silence with assumptions and absence can quickly be interpreted as avoidance.
    — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of filling in
Verb
  • In my experience, most account management teams operate reactively, stepping in only when a customer submits a support ticket or threatens to churn.
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • South Korea, too, is stepping in to fill the gap in Western inventories.
    — Chris Oberoi, Fortune, 24 June 2026
Definition of stepping in
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  • Livia Chanes had been CEO for Nubank Brazil and is now taking over all of Latin America, which accounts for the bulk of the digital bank's business.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • Gill also reiterated that HSA had attempted to pay for utility services after taking over the hospitals but said the city insisted the company first pay Steward’s outstanding balances.
    — Verónica Egui Brito July 16, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Definition of taking over
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