Thesaurus results for UNDERSTUDYING

understudying

verb

present participle of understudy

as in substituting

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His character Ned Schneebly was supposed to be substituting — until Dewey impersonated him and stepped in.

— Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
Like the Republican critics of resistance politics, progressive ones depicted it as substituting legal tactics for electoral victories.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of substituting

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It’s mainly centered on Billie, who is worried about an old Facebook post standing in the way of finding a job.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Seven dogs surrounded and attacked a Charlotte woman standing in her yard, and three additional people were hurt while trying to help her, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of standing in

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After subbing on for Racing, Makenna Morris made an immediate impact.

— Phuoc Nguyen, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
Cameron Harper scored late in the second half after subbing in a minute earlier and the New York Red Bulls rallied for a 1-1 draw with the Chicago Fire on Saturday night.

— CBS News, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of subbing

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Mladic first led a Serb insurgency in Croatia before taking over the Bosnian Serb army that was backed by Serbia and then-President Slobodan Milosevic, who also died in the custody of the Hague court in 2006 while on trial for genocide.

— Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Many believe that the dynamic duo taking over the reins have the energy and training to take the company into the future.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of taking over

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Whenever either of them is absent, Estevao is very capable of stepping in.

— Liam Twomey, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Now, the Gates Foundation is stepping in to help fund scientific research through an historic $540 million gift to The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), an independent research organization at the University of Washington.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of stepping in

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Pack a tube of petroleum jelly (Vaseline) in your first aid kit instead of antibiotic ointment and remember to flush all scrapes and cuts with copious amounts of clean water before covering them with the jelly.

— Dr. Jill Grimes, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Ground surveys can provide more detailed information at a particular site, but covering an entire subway corridor that way would be difficult.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

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