as in to substitute
to serve as a replacement usually for a time only
she will be standing in for the regular teacher for a week
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as in substitute
a person or thing that takes the place of another
hired him at the last minute as a stand-in for the person who quit
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Recent Examples of stand in
Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
In myth and art, de Bres notes, twins stand in for any number of symbolic oppositions.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
Local stand-ins for Western platforms—Digikala for Amazon, Café Bazaar for Google Play, Aparat for YouTube—had turned sanctions into a kind of DIY advantage.
—Indrani Sen, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Workers of German steel manufacturer Salzgitter AG stand in front of a furnace at a plant in Salzgitter, Germany, March 1, 2018.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
In myth and art, de Bres notes, twins stand in for any number of symbolic oppositions.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
Similarly, Early’s dissolute failson feels less like a self-portrait than like a darkly comic deflection, a gargoyle-ish stand-in for his creator’s anxieties.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
Local stand-ins for Western platforms—Digikala for Amazon, Café Bazaar for Google Play, Aparat for YouTube—had turned sanctions into a kind of DIY advantage.
—Indrani Sen, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
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Verb
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One way to do both is to occasionally substitute tofu, a nutritious curd made from mashed soybeans, for meat in your weekly menu.—
Gretchen McKay,
Twin Cities,
26 Mar. 2026
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The court found the authority had exceeded its authority by substituting its view of the public interest for that of the state Legislature.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2026
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Built by L3Harris, it’s funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory and potential replacement technology for GPS.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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The project also includes improvements to five intersections and replacement of the Morrison Creek Bridge.—
Madison Smalstig,
Sacbee.com,
21 Mar. 2026
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As the Indian Land panhandle continues to fill in, transitioning once rural farmland into a bustling community, more new homes than ever are being approved in the middle and southern parts of the county.—
John Marks,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2026
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He was suspended for the first two games of this past season, so assistant coach Ramses Kelly had to fill in.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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Synthesis ran into financial troubles in 2023, and by necessity, online retreat booking company Retreat Guru stepped in to save the training side of the business.—
Natalia V. Osipova,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
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China has taken a significant step in expanding its ocean research capabilities with the launch of a new deep-sea, all-weather floating research facility in Shanghai.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Mar. 2026
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From there, the Spurs took over and never looked back.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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Any private operator taking over the reins would require years to come up to speed on how to make the system work, let alone to improve it, Hernandez said.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Stand in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stand%20in. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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