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
Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
And because there were not enough seats available, some reporters had to cover the contest while standing in the venue’s concourse.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 3 Apr. 2025
Academics are rarely good stand-ins for typical workers.
—Tressie McMillan Cottom, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Today, numerous forces interested in maintaining tension stand in the way of restoring constructive cooperation...
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
And because there were not enough seats available, some reporters had to cover the contest while standing in the venue’s concourse.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
Why was a stand-in used for this episode’s few glimpses of Nikki?
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 3 Apr. 2025
Academics are rarely good stand-ins for typical workers.
—Tressie McMillan Cottom, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stand in
Verb
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Families who tend to buy pricier, higher-quality items can avoid the price hikes this summer by substituting down to lower-quality clothes and other goods, Gee said.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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Again, this substitutes a new process for traditional analysis of weighted inputs, prompting and supervision.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Empowering Innovation Without Losing Control Despite their growing autonomy, agentic AI systems should be seen as tools that augment human capabilities, not as replacements for human oversight.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Roosevelt Park is still in progress, with a tennis court being converted into a roller rink, astro turf replacement at the pool area, new ADA entrances, decorative lightpoles in the center of new picnic tables and basketball court resurfacing and paving.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The grants were the Biden administration’s idea to fill in the gaps and aid in the expensive new field of EV charging.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2025
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Much of what is known about the bat has been learned from studying museum specimens, so scientists launched a field expedition to fill in some of the knowledge gaps about the species, according to a study published March 19 in the journal Check List.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In Pennsylvania, a single ninth grader targeted 46 girls before anyone stepped in.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
4 Apr. 2025
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The next step in the evolution of data analytics is to create personalized emails and webpages, which are more likely to convert.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Warfare plots, in real time, a surveillance mission in Ramadi gone awry when nearby Al Qaeda insurgents detonate a series of IEDs outside a housing building which the team has taken over.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
28 Mar. 2025
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In an email to USAID staff, Jeremy Lewin, a Department of Government Efficiency official who took over running the day-to-day operations at USAID from Pete Marocco on March 20, said the RIFs would go into effect either on July 1 or September 2.—
Fatma Tanis,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Stand in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stand%20in. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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