understudy

Example Sentences

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Some began their journeys in traveling companies or as understudies.

From Washington Post

In October 2021, she first performed the role as an understudy, but by the start of 2022, she became the primary lead.

From Los Angeles Times

Campbell had hinted at a departure a few weeks ago in an Instagram post showing a picture of himself next to freshman understudy Dylan Andrews.

From Los Angeles Times

In his foreword for the report, Ghebreyesus noted that infertility “is something that both men and women experience” and that it remains understudied.

From Washington Post

“The general field of existential risk is relatively new, nascent and just understudied,” he says.

From Scientific American