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: someone employed to occupy an actor's place while lights and camera are readied
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Examples of stand-in in a Sentence
Noun
hired him at the last minute as a stand-in for the person who quit
Verb
she will be standing in for the regular teacher for a week
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 Apr. 2025
The Emmy Award-winner plays the Black woman stand-in for a white male protagonist in an imaginary story to repurpose the popularity of a once successful Keyworth Pictures’ franchise.
—Malik Peay, Essence, 17 Apr. 2025
Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
Nunes retired in the Octagon, but while fans and others cheered, Peña stood in the crowd and booed her rival.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Alas, Karsh is a fictional stand-in for David Cronenberg instead of the real McCoy, and that means he’s filled with fanciful hopes and surrounded by characters who solely exist to confound them.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 Apr. 2025
The Emmy Award-winner plays the Black woman stand-in for a white male protagonist in an imaginary story to repurpose the popularity of a once successful Keyworth Pictures’ franchise.
—Malik Peay, Essence, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
Victor Perez, who was autistic and had cerebral palsy, was shot nine times on April 5 while standing in the yard in Pocatello, a city of about 60,000 in southeastern Idaho.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
Nunes retired in the Octagon, but while fans and others cheered, Peña stood in the crowd and booed her rival.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stand-in
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“Stand-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand-in. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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