Thesaurus results for STAND-INS

stand-ins

noun

plural of stand-in

as in substitutes

a person or thing that takes the place of another hired him at the last minute as a stand-in for the person who quit

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Recent Examples of stand-ins Meanwhile, second-unit director Peter Ramsey worked alongside stunt performers, with some creature interactions achieved through surprisingly simple physical stand-ins. — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 In order to make this work, the production first attempted a number of test drops with crew and stand-ins, without Howell. — Alex Zalben, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026 Yet, over time these credentials became stand-ins for proving identity and online verification has exacerbated the problem. — Caryn Seidman Becker, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026 That puts Meta and Instinct in a fast-moving race to turn AI assistants into something closer to digital stand-ins. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 His visit to California revives a yearslong political feud that has evolved beyond California, with both men increasingly using each other as stand-ins for the national fight between Republicans and Democrats. — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2026 Furious 7 was still in production at the time, so his remaining scenes were completed using CGI, archival footage and his brothers Caleb and Cody Walker as stand-ins. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 1 Aug. 2026 Some species can serve as useful stand-ins for turfgrass in shady, dry, or otherwise challenging locations. — Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2026 The setting is a place of deep, almost painful beauty that will bear witness to the unspeakable horrors of humanity, writ large by a group of once-innocent boys who are stand-ins for the depravity of the rest of us. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 May 2026

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Liverpool coach Andoni Iraola dropped Virgil van Dijk to the substitutes’ bench with French defender Jérémy Jacquet starting.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Some consumers searched for substitutes, and ethanol was an answer then.

— Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of substitutes

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Bombas Return Policy Bombas’ Happiness Guarantee covers free returns, exchanges, and replacements—including free shipping.

— Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 13 Oct. 2026
When a code set changes underneath a policy, somebody has to map which of 10 replacements carries the standing the original had, and by default, that is nobody’s job.

— JP Montoya, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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