stand for

Example Sentences

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They are standing for a mixture of district, metropolitan, unitary and county councils.

From BBC

Regarded as deeply ambitious, he stood for president on three occasions but was never successful.

From Barron's

Surely, he thinks, Stalin wouldn’t stand for such a travesty.

From The Wall Street Journal

Offord, a former Conservative minister who defected from the Tories in December, is standing for the party in Inverclyde, where he grew up.

From BBC

Atacms stands for Army Tactical Missile System, while Himars is an acronym for High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, an Army truck that carries expendable pods of rockets or missiles.

From The Wall Street Journal