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as in to tolerate
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
I don't know how you can stand that job
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as in to be
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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Recent Examples of stand
Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2026
Arizona set a new school record with its 23rd consecutive victory, breaking the long-standing mark of 22 straight wins set between 1914 and 1917.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2026
Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
State lawmakers can lift the ban and enjoy their freedom to tax the newly legal consumer fireworks plus the income from those Illinois stands.
—Brad Weisenstein, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Less than two weeks ago, federal officials confirmed that the Department of Homeland Security would be involved in security for what stands to be the Bay Area’s biggest event in years, yet declined to detail what personnel or operations that presence would include.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2026
Arizona set a new school record with its 23rd consecutive victory, breaking the long-standing mark of 22 straight wins set between 1914 and 1917.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
The concession stand, however, will be movable.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
State lawmakers can lift the ban and enjoy their freedom to tax the newly legal consumer fireworks plus the income from those Illinois stands.
—Brad Weisenstein, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stand
Verb
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The Hornets fell to 25-29, which sits them 10th in the conference.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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The remains of a brothel sit opposite the library, and a nearby carving on a paving stone on Curetes Street is believed to be one of the world’s earliest advertisements.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Glycine is generally well-tolerated but can cause digestive side effects such as diarrhea, gas, or stomach pain.—
Jenna Anderson,
Health,
10 Feb. 2026
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Trump cannot tolerate the reality of others rejecting him.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Judges in counties with the program have a list of OFR attorneys who can be contacted and paid through legislative appropriations, rather than through court funds.—
Raynee Howell,
Oklahoma Watch,
9 Feb. 2026
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Anderson paid tribute to the assistant director Adam Somner, who died in 2024 at 57 from thyroid cancer.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In addition to the Sierra population, there are about 20 Sierra Nevada red foxes living in the Cascade mountain range of Northern California.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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First, there are the concentric circle features, which look like wispy shells of ejecta blown off of the star.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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London — Athletes on the podium at the Winter Olympics in Italy this month will be awarded the most expensive medals in the history of the Games, thanks to soaring precious metals prices.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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This World Cup season has delivered rotating podiums, razor-thin margins often decided by hundredths of a second, and speeds pushing 75–85 mph on true fall-line tracks.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Smith argued that economic concerns are where the battle for this year’s elections lies.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Feb. 2026
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Efficient optimization lies at the heart of drug discovery, cryptography, urban planning, logistics, finance, and energy systems.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Japan has endured inflation above the Bank of Japan's target for 45 consecutive months, declining real wages and persistent yen weakness.—
CNBC.com staff,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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In the new study, yet to be peer-reviewed and published in a journal, resilience refers to a plant’s ability to endure excess light without suffering severe damage, such as leaf lesions.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The Seahawks and Rams met in the NFC Championship Game, which was only decided by four points.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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The Milwaukee-area real estate market has far too few homes to meet feverish homebuyer demand.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Stand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stand. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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