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/stˈandˈɪn/
/stˈændˈɪn/Stand-in
[NOUN]1
a person who replaces someone else briefly in doing their job while they are not available
Examples
1. Stories are stand-ins for our own fraught-filled lives.
2. Number 10 is line stand-in.
3. .a stand-in for Kafka’s own feelings of being alienated in life?
4. The sampaguita at the time really becomes the stand-in for ideal femininity.
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