STANDS Synonyms: 126 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of stand

as in is

to occupy a place or location the monument stands in the middle of the town plaza

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as in endures

to put up with (something painful or difficult) I don't know how you can stand that job

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as in pays

to give what is owed for I'll stand lunch, and you can pay me back later

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repudiates

as in ranks

to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes if the city's baseball team wins today, they will stand first in the league

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noun

plural of stand

as in podiums

a level usually raised surface marchers passed by the reviewing stand

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Woods has been in the top spot on the earnings list for 26 years, since February 2000, and stands at $120,199,166. — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026 Sosa connected just two batters after Wade Meckler reached deep into the right field stands to rob Bryson Stott of a three-run homer. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 Sean Orlando’s Above & Below stands 50 feet tall on the playa. — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 That film, which won the Silver Lion, was considered a shoo-in for the festival’s top award after its 22-minute standing ovation, which stands as the fest’s longest. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026 Pioneers Hancock and Willis Lee began making whiskey along the banks of the Kentucky River, where Buffalo Trace stands today. — Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 Its current box office gross currently stands at around $16M global. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026 Half a dozen food trucks lined up around the park, along with multiple games and merchandise stands to service the hundreds of fans who made the trip. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026 Recruiting — in the prep ranks and the portal — stands at the forefront of UM’s revival. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

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Timing the Strike Dan hunts some private ground with pre-set stands. — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026 Here's a quick breakdown of where the statewide race in Texas stands. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Over the past decade, its forest carbon sink weakened by about 27 percent as harvesting, ageing stands, drought, heat, wildfire and insect outbreaks reduced forest resilience. — Kari Stoever, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026 For more from Busy Philipps, pick up the new issue of PEOPLE on stands Friday. — Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026 Expanding stands of willows seem to be providing more shade to streams and changing the ecology of fish, insects and birds, according to Chris Neill and Linda Deegan of the Woodwell Climate Research Center. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 Vendors set up stands and sell their wares or serve dishes made using the star ingredient. — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2026 Attendees will be able to try the new headset at select stands, while the MMX 130 wireless will be available for an exclusive preview in the brand’s B2B area at the Indie Arena Booth. — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 After a 10-year time jump from the main events in Sunday’s premiere, the veteran Green Lantern played by Kyle Chandler is sitting alone in the snowy stands of a rural high school football field — dead. — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

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The highway to get there is a single-lane road for miles and miles and miles, and there’s sagebrush all around.

— Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
There is a lot riding on Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s speech here Friday morning at the Fed’s storied annual retreat in the Tetons.

— Brian Cheung, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026

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Korean action director Na Hong-jin made a splash with this premiere, in which the town of Hope endures an alien invasion.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026
Known as Iron Week, the competition is led by three-time Olympic triathlete Danylo Sapunov, who supports veterans as the country endures more than four years of war since Russia’s full-scale invasion.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of endures

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The government created a national preventive care program decades ago and gave every citizen a right to regular checkups, which gave clinics a reason to buy expensive machines, which brought the volume that pays for the expensive machines.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
The Avon Historical Society pays the liability for the inside of the building and the structural repairs, like the roof, are the town’s responsibility.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The Throne Room Duel & A-Wing comes with two battle podiums, where the Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader minifigures can be placed to have an epic lightsaber duel.

— Chris McMullen, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Since her 2008 opening season, Gut-Behrami reached 101 podiums in 395 World Cup races.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

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The InnoAsia Startup Demo Jam sits at the center of the first track, with nine companies, drawn from the open call and international partner recommendations, pitching AI, virtual production and digital-asset technologies to investors and buyers.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Because this threshold sits far beyond the operational temperatures of the core, the coolant cannot flash into steam.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026

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Nominations can be submitted by anyone, and the selection committee accepts self-nominations.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Aug. 2026
Jones pleaded nolo contendere – a plea where the defendant accepts a conviction without directly admitting guilt – to one of the nine counts on June 30, 2026.

— TJ Rhodes, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 28 Aug. 2026

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