stand-in
Example Sentences
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She's hosted breakfast shows before - between 2000 and 2003 she was the host of Radio 1's breakfast show and since 2012 has been one of the stand-in presenters for Radio 2's show.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Their stand-in renditions spared livestock and human attendants from sacrifice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Baseball is an easy stand-in for America, and vice versa.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026
One man, first invited to serve as a stand-in for the narrator’s father, was asked instead to play the boy.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
She was heartbroken for someone else, and I was merely a stand-in for my grandfather.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
