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
Otherwise moral resolve becomes a poor stand-in for wisdom about what comes next.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
That's what the Ukranian actor and body double, who also worked with Pedro Pascal in Kingsman: The Golden Circle, was asked before securing his role in Wuthering Heights as Elordi's stand-in.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
On the night of the transaction, they leashed a stand-in timber wolf for Black Wing, first dyeing its left hind foot snow white, to look like Black Wing’s.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
