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Recent Examples of understudy
Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
But the Pilot Challenge series is merely the understudy to IMSA's WeatherTech championship, and in April Wickens will make his WeatherTech debut sharing a Corvette Z06 GT3.R race car for the DXDT team, together with longtime Corvette racer Tommy Milner.
—Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2025
Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The defense can reload by retaining the talented youngsters who understudied this year.
—Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Noun
One of Turner’s current understudies, Zack Steffen of MLS side Colorado Rapids, played in the 2021 Nations League finals win against Mexico and in qualifiers for the following year’s World Cup while spending most of his two complete seasons at Manchester City of the Premier League on the bench.
—Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
But the Pilot Challenge series is merely the understudy to IMSA's WeatherTech championship, and in April Wickens will make his WeatherTech debut sharing a Corvette Z06 GT3.R race car for the DXDT team, together with longtime Corvette racer Tommy Milner.
—Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
That’s because, surprise, surprise, ACL injuries in female athletes have been understudied compared to those in male athletes.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The defense can reload by retaining the talented youngsters who understudied this year.
—Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for understudy
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
Noun
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When the Giants tagged Martinez for three runs in the sixth on Jung Hoo Lee’s RBI double and Chapman’s two-run homer, his first of the year, the Giants looked positioned to cruise.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2025
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Campbell, who rose from High-A to Triple-A last season and made his major league debut on Opening Day, collected his second double of the series and scored Boston’s other run.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
30 Mar. 2025
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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Despite the fact that most people in the United States are plus-size, thin actors are still meant to to be stand-ins for the average American viewer.—
Virgie Tovar,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Brown Butter Banana Cookies This cookie recipe from pastry chef and recipe developer Nicola Lamb uses overripe banana — the more gooey, the better — as a stand-in for egg.—
Betty Hallock,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Kathy Griffin says man is 'harassing' her with questions about Trump Kathy Griffin says ex Jack Black told her to dry off with bath mat towel This isn't the first health scare the comedian has faced in recent years.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The 31-year-old comedian has been linked to model Elsie Hewitt since last month when they were seen packing on the PDA on the beach during a getaway to Palm Beach.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Barry is standing in a sprawling suite that represents the resort's latest foray into wellness.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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But standing in a busy subway station, Duffy vowed to continue providing the city with federal support and confirmed the administration has not withheld funding.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Those responses would be collected and reviewed as both parties whittle the enormous pool of people down to just 12 jurors and a handful of alternates.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
14 Mar. 2025
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The 88-year-old pontiff alternates between non-invasive mechanical ventilation and supplemental high-flow oxygenation while maintaining good gas exchange.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The woman collapsed and Burchfield stepped in to help her and Lima, who was also suffering from smoke inhalation.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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The restaurant is normally closed on Mondays, but the staff is stepping in to serve its regular tasting menu that night on the family’s behalf.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Understudy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/understudy. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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