standing up

verb

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 For others, Pritzker’s focus on standing up to Trump, particularly during last year’s Operation Midway Blitz immigration crackdown, is a selling point, not a distraction from state issues. — Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026 The local community comes across as standing up for themselves and telling us their story. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026 The photos show Leo standing up at the altar in green vestments celebrating Mass in a makeshift chapel that has been set up for him. — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026 Strickland praised the Canadian trucker convoy as an inspiration to Americans for standing up for their rights and exercising their freedom to protest. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 The photos show Leo standing up at the altar in green vestments celebrating Mass in a makeshift chapel that has been set up for him in Gemelli hospital. — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Those values might include being honest, assertive, or standing up for themselves. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026 But this poll suggests Washingtonians are standing up to the bullies. — Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Some regulatory proposals include installing independent auditors inside frontier labs, introducing new liability laws and standing up regulatory reviews for AI models. — Garrett Downs,justin Papp, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for standing up
  1. flying
  2. holding up
  3. working
Verb
  • In some ways, flying a plane is easier than driving a car, at least as far as automation is concerned.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026
  • So Argo’s first Chiron mission is flying on an undisclosed new commercial rocket, definitely a calculated risk.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of flying
Verb
  • With more than seven million people packed into over 9,000 high-rises, efficiency is key here, and people will judge you for holding up lines, hesitating with your Octopus card, or lingering over your dim sum table while others are waiting.
    — Lee Cobaj, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The video appears to show a person near the middle of the street holding up a cellphone to record the SUV when the vehicle’s front-right corner strikes the observer, who tumbles to the ground.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of holding up
Verb
  • Walsh, who also has children in the district, said the Patriot Mobile PAC funded candidates who were elected put politics above working with kids.
    — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The third floor will look different from when Pat Hynes was last working there as a field inspector in 2020.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of working

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