Thesaurus results for STANDING UP

standing up

verb

Definition of standing up next

present participle of stand up

as in flying

to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval a hypothesis that won't stand up to close analysis

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Recent Examples of standing up In response, at this year’s AACR opening ceremony, AACR CEO Margaret Foti thanked Congress for standing up for science, with a callout for members of the Senate Appropriations Committee. —

Angus Chen, STAT, 19 Apr. 2026 Digging through bags or repeatedly standing up quickly gets old. —

Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2026 The Migos rapper shared a video of himself being rolled onstage in a wheelchair before standing up triumphantly in front of the cheering audience. —

Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2026 With fans standing up and cheering behind him and to his sides and out beyond the Green monster and Pesky’s Pole, Tatis fouled off a 99 mph sinker at the top of the zone. —

Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026 Goliath to spotlight the heroes of the environmental justice movement – everyday people standing up to enormous odds. —

Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026 And Vance has already been endorsed by the late Charlie Kirk’s organization, Turning Point USA, one of the most powerful grassroots organizations on the right, which has already begun standing up staff and operations in the primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada. —

Will Steakin, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026 Hyun Min Ahn hit a decisive sacrifice fly in the ninth that scored Hae-Min Park standing up. —

Dallas Morning News, 10 Mar. 2026 In another video, the pilot is seen standing up as bystanders look on, with thick black smoke billowing in the distant background. —

Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026

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Having conceded twice in a losing effort last weekend at Portland for their first blemish of the year, LAFC met up with an Earthquakes (7-1-0, 21 points) team that was flying high under sporting director and head coach Bruce Arena.

— Josh Gross, Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
The Bruins teammates didn’t pack any of their belongings before flying to New York to attend the draft, but after another cross-country flight home to Los Angeles, the pair had barely 24 hours to put their entire lives in boxes before heading back to the East Coast to join the Connecticut Sun.

— Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026