Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for understudying
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Simply grab a ruler, pen, and blank sheet of paper to illustrate your space by substituting the dimensions of the room in feet for inches.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
11 Apr. 2026 -
Yet Potter never considered substituting him.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Eventually, people could not resist returning to their lives, to routines more comfortable than standing in the streets with the sun glaring in your eyes, squinting up to check the position of snipers on a roof, or working with cramping fingers sewing your tenth mask of the night.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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When the nefarious Red Ribbon Army mounts a comeback, Piccolo and Gohan are the only fighters standing in its way.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2026
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Deploying some zone defense, Denver scraped by for five minutes, outscoring the Warriors by two before subbing Jokic and Watson back in together.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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Good morning, features editor Matt Heimer here, subbing for Alexei.—
Matthew Heimer,
Fortune,
23 Mar. 2026
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Documentarian Tim Gray has found AI useful in filling in the visual gaps in his World War II films, and Rhode Island courts are using facial recognition and AI to monitor people, raising civil liberties concerns about how the data collected is being used.—
Kathleen Hill,
The Providence Journal,
11 Apr. 2026
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Tampa Bay is 0-4 in the four starts made by pitchers filling in for the rotation.—
John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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Denver Mountain Parks will staff the welcome station at Echo Lake and manage the Mount Blue Sky Recreation Area, taking over that role from the Arapaho National Forest.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2026
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Almost a year to the day, in another surprise move, Malone is taking over a blueblood program with six national titles, a record 21 appearances in the Final Four and alums including Michael Jordan, James Worthy, Vince Carter and Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring leader Tyler Hansbrough.—
Aaron Beard,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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And which right-handed hitting veteran becomes the pinch-hitting specialist and occasional DH?—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Sawyer Farr, pinch-hitting for Sorrell, blasted a double to right field and drove in Kiel II to tie the game and bring the game to extra innings.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Feb. 2026
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This season, which consists of eight episodes, sees Valentina Garza stepping in as showrunner.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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Body camera video shows Padilla immediately stepping in to help.—
Kelly Werthmann,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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On Saturday, the troubled pop star uploaded a video dancing in a sheer black bodysuit while covering her breasts with her hands.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Apr. 2026
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Everyone has to be comfortable with the cost of a group outing, or someone else has to be comfortable covering them.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Understudying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/understudying. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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