stand in for
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Mottled green daubs represent grass; lounging amoebic growths stand in for rocks, perhaps mountain peaks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Counsellors of state can stand in for a monarch who is ill or overseas although, in practice, only working royals are expected to be called upon to fulfil those duties.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
The BLS “carried forward” prices from September to stand in for the uncollected October values, economists at J.P.
From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025
Credits at the end of “Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair” attribute the creation of the Bride assassin to “Q & U” — stark-white capital letters that stand in for Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
That Mary would stand in for me back home in Sylvan so T. Ray wouldn’t notice I was gone?
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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