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credit for studies completed elsewhere, granted to a student by a college or university.

the higher academic status of a student granted such credit.

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IS and ARE are both forms of which verb?

Origin of advanced standing

First recorded in 1780–90

Hmm, who are these people standing in front of the machines at the gym, neither occupying them nor not occupying them?
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However, legal issues are only one of the things standing between an ex-prisoner and a job.
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Advanced maternal age dramatically increases the risk of maternal mortality as well as birth defects like Down Syndrome.
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Yet another video catches the sounds of the gunshots and shows Brinsley standing by the parked radio car.
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While Kurdish forces have advanced on some fronts in Iraq, the fight here in Syria seems far from over yet.
The Brothers Who Ambushed ISIS|Mohammed A. Salih|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is thinner than that of chronic bronchitis, and upon standing separates into three layers of pus, mucus, and frothy serum.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.
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I was rather awed by his imposing appearance, and advanced timidly to the doors, which were of glass, and pulled the bell.
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It separates into three layers upon standing—a brown deposit, a clear fluid, and a frothy layer.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
He returned shortly, to meet his mother standing in the doorway, with pale, affrighted face.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson