stand-in

Example Sentences

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Brendon has an identical twin brother named Kelly Donovan, who appeared as his stand-in and double in episodes of “Buffy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Baseball is an easy stand-in for America, and vice versa.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

And two Americans: Kenyon, a wry, observant, skeptical humanist sculptor, perhaps a stand-in for Hawthorne himself; and Hilda, a New England Puritan painter—self-possessed, pious, unswervingly loyal, pure as a flight of doves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Following Merino’s resignation, centrist academic Francisco Sagasti was appointed stand-in president and led the country until planned elections in 2021 -- becoming the only recent leader to complete his intended term, even an interim one.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

He probably made it for Sims, as a stand-in for chocolates or a date to the movies.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover