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stand in for
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stand in forverb
To replace; to act as a double or substitute for.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stand in for in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stand in for in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of stand in for in a Sentence
If photography is allowed to stand in for art in some of its functions it will soon supplant or corrupt it completely thanks to the natural support it will find in the stupidity of the multitude. It must return to its real task, which is to be the servant of the sciences and the arts, but the very humble servant, like printing and shorthand which have neither created nor supplanted literature.
Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji:
Senator, no one case can stand in for a judge's entire sentencing record, i've sentenced more than 100 people. You have eight or nine cases in that chart.
The other thing I want to make a funny comment about is Steve Cohen’s remark that I was just a stand-in for the first black president, i’m happy to do that.
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