understudy

Example Sentences

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The understudy, as Powers calls her, was not as excited by the whole thing.

From Seattle Times

The thrill of “Bob Fosse’s Dancin’,” a revival of the 1978 musical is, aptly, its dancers: 16 cast members and six understudies.

From New York Times

But they could instead begin a new era by making Rodgers’s understudy, 2020 first-round draft pick Jordan Love, their next quarterbacking centerpiece.

From Washington Post

Compared to agriculture chemicals like nitrogen fertilizer, with well-known negative environmental impacts, greenhouse gas emissions from pesticides are understudied and underestimated.

From Salon

“There’s always a moment when the understudy has to go on,” Moore said.

From Seattle Times