standing in

verb

present participle of stand in
as in substituting
to serve as a replacement usually for a time only she will be standing in for the regular teacher for a week

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Recent Examples of standing in One afternoon, a man wearing a purple kurta was standing in line outside the shop. — Akhil Sharma, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026 That frees the company up to try to build new monopolies in AI, and the current DOJ doesn’t seem very interested in standing in the way of Big Tech. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026 But now Ennis and Guin are grown and standing in the ashes of that childhood. — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026 It’s mainly centered on Billie, who is worried about an old Facebook post standing in the way of finding a job. — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026 Seven dogs surrounded and attacked a Charlotte woman standing in her yard, and three additional people were hurt while trying to help her, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026 But standing in their way was Blair Mountain—and an anti-union sheriff, backed by an armed force determined to stop them. — Katie Angell Britannica Editors Aug. 27, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026 It's listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of the oldest homes still standing in Roseville. — James Taylor, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Becoming the best program in the Sun Conference is the hurdle still standing in front of the Bobcats. — Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for standing in
  1. substituting
  2. filling in
  3. stepping in
  4. taking over
Verb
  • It can be made year-round, substituting in whatever fruit is available, ripe and delicious.
    — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • His character Ned Schneebly was supposed to be substituting — until Dewey impersonated him and stepped in.
    — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of substituting
Verb
  • LaNeve, who is filling in as the Army’s top uniformed officer, recently ordered the battalion to refocus on its core mission of being an airborne infantry unit.
    — Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Jelly Roll shared his thoughts on Dolly Parton while filling in as guest host on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of filling in
Verb
  • Whenever either of them is absent, Estevao is very capable of stepping in.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Now, the Gates Foundation is stepping in to help fund scientific research through an historic $540 million gift to The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), an independent research organization at the University of Washington.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of stepping in
Verb
  • Maximalist Garden Design Similar to interior design, the Rococo aesthetic, with its ornate and romantic details, is taking over garden design.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Mladic first led a Serb insurgency in Croatia before taking over the Bosnian Serb army that was backed by Serbia and then-President Slobodan Milosevic, who also died in the custody of the Hague court in 2006 while on trial for genocide.
    — Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of taking over

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“Standing in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standing%20in. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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