stood up

past tense of stand up
as in flew
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 stood up Neither partnership seems to have been publicly announced, though the NIH has already stood up an effort to build Medicare and Medicaid databases within the NIH in an effort to better understand autism. — Brittany Trang, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026 The hockey star stayed down on the ice for a few moments as teammates huddled around him, and Faber eventually stood up and skated off the ice on his own. — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026 David Montgomery was stood up at the line of scrimmage and the Texans' offense turned it over on downs. — Jonathan M. Alexander, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2026 But others stood up for candidates getting their caffeine fix during an interview. — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 No one stood up, and then there was nobody left to speak for me. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026 At the end of Tuesday’s news conference featuring several local leaders, KNBC reporter Robert Kovacik, who was kneeling in the front row out of sight from the cameras, stood up and leaned over the tape line. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Thomas, who is Jewish, said that then a man stood up at the meeting and gave a Nazi salute, shouting Heil Hitler. — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 15 Sep. 2026 Miguel Carrizoza had just stood up after being floored by a right hook and still looked unsteady on his feet. — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
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  • According to court filings, Seaver previously worked for private military contractors and later provided security for Parton and her properties through his company, Squadron Augmented Protection Services (SAPS), which is also a party to the lawsuit.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Room for Disagreement Collins has opposed Trump on upwards of a half-dozen major initiatives and worked behind the scenes to temper him on multiple other occasions.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • International travel demand has held up despite surging fuel prices, airline executives have said.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Chris, a surgical resident at a New Jersey hospital who joins his brother on his days off, had been held up performing a right hemicolectomy on a gunshot victim.
    — Arthur Holland Michel, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Stood up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stood%20up. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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